Batman (province)
Batman | |
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Province number: | 72 |
Counties | |
Basic data | |
Coordinates: | 38 ° 5 ' N , 41 ° 24' E |
Provincial capital: | Batman (city) |
Region: | Southeast Anatolia |
Surface: | 4,477 km² |
Population: | 599,103 (2018) |
Population density: | 131 inhabitants / km² |
Political | |
Governor: | Hulusi Şahin |
Seats in Parliament: | 4th |
Structural | |
Telephone code: | 0488 |
Features : | 72 |
Website | |
www.batman.gov.tr (Turkish) |
Batman ( Kurdish Êlih ) is a province in southeastern Turkey , north of the Dicle ( Tigris ). The province of Muş is to the north , Diyarbakır to the west , Bitlis and Siirt to the east and Mardin to the south . It is named after the Batman River. The provincial capital is the largest city of the same name, Batman .
The province was created in May 1990 by Law No. 3647. Three counties were separated from the province of Siirt to the east (Beşiri, Kozluk and Sason), the remaining three counties from the southern province of Mardin . The province of Batman comprises eleven municipalities ( Belediye ) and 283 villages ( Köy ) in six districts .
Administrative division
The province is divided into six districts (also districts, İlçe ):
district | Area 1 (km²) |
Population (2018) 2 | Number of Units | Density (Ew / km²) |
urban share (in%) |
Sex ratio 3 |
Founding date 4.5 |
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District ( İlçe ) | Administrative headquarters (Merkez) |
Municipalities (Belediye) |
City quarter (Mahalle) |
Villages (Köy) |
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Batman Merkez | 653 | 447.106 | 419,517 | 2 | 49 | 32 | 684.7 | 95.15 | 992 | 1990 |
Beşiri | 809 | 30,445 | 9,280 | 2 | 9 | 53 | 37.6 | 42.68 | 977 | |
Gercüş | 914 | 20,484 | 6.191 | 2 | 6th | 58 | 22.4 | 41.54 | 990 | 1926 |
Hasankeyf | 293 | 6,724 | 3,326 | 1 | 3 | 21st | 22.9 | 49.46 | 961 | 1990 |
Kozluk | 1.101 | 61,437 | 26496 | 2 | 30th | 69 | 55.8 | 48.15 | 987 | 1938 |
Sason | 706 | 32,907 | 13,433 | 2 | 36 | 50 | 46.6 | 51.48 | 946 | |
PROVINCE Batman | 4,477 | 599.103 | 11 | 133 | 283 | 133.8 | 82.92 | 988 |
The names of the districts are in Kurdish:
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population
Most of the Kurds live in the province . There are also zazas and Turks . There are still a few Turkmen Alevi villages in Batman, especially in the north. The vast majority of the population belongs to Sunni Islam. There are Alevi Muslims among the Zazas and the Turkmen. Yazidis are another denomination, but most of the Yazidis have left Batman. Gercüş has had a significant number of mhallami for centuries . The villages and towns of Kayapınar , Yenice and Yolağzı have a large Arab population.
Population development at the end of the year
At the 2011 census, the average age in the province was 19.3 years (national average: 29.6), with the female population being on average 0.7 years older than the male population (19.7-19.0).
The following table shows the annual population development at the end of the year after updating by the addressable population register (ADNKS) introduced in 2007. In addition, the population growth rate and the sex ratio (are Sex Ratio h. Number of women per 1,000 men d.) Listed.
The 2011 census found 520,883 inhabitants, which is over 64,000 more than in the 2000 census.
year | Population at the end of the year | Population growth rate (in%) |
Gender ratio (women per 1000 men) |
Rank (among 81 provinces) |
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total | male | Female | ||||
2018 | 599.103 | 301,413 | 297,690 | 2.37 | 988 | 36 |
2017 | 585.252 | 293,843 | 291,409 | 1.45 | 992 | 36 |
2016 | 576,899 | 290,479 | 286.420 | 1.81 | 986 | 37 |
2015 | 566,633 | 284,866 | 281,767 | 1.62 | 989 | 38 |
2014 | 557,593 | 280.002 | 277,591 | 1.83 | 991 | 38 |
2013 | 547,581 | 275.136 | 272,445 | 2.50 | 990 | 39 |
2012 | 534.205 | 268,941 | 265.264 | 1.85 | 986 | 39 |
2011 | 524,499 | 263.901 | 260,598 | 2.80 | 987 | 40 |
2010 | 510.200 | 255.502 | 254,698 | 2.45 | 997 | 40 |
2009 | 497.998 | 250,612 | 247.386 | 2.55 | 987 | 40 |
2008 | 485.616 | 244.981 | 240,635 | 2.78 | 982 | 40 |
2007 | 472,487 | 236.314 | 236.173 | - | 999 | 42 |
2000 1 | 456.734 | 23.0711 | 226.023 | 980 | 45 |
1 2000 census
Population of the counties
The values from 1990 and 2000 are based on the population censuses, the remaining (2007-2018) are population figures at the end of the year, determined by updating the population register introduced in 2007 (ADNKS)
district | 1990 | 2000 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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Merkez | 168,779 | 272,787 | 315.964 | 324.402 | 341.025 | 355.151 | 370.705 | 381.990 | 395.005 | 408.248 | 419.253 | 429,665 | 439,667 | 447.106 |
Beşiri | 34,358 | 33.106 | 31,649 | 32,282 | 30,774 | 30.184 | 30,342 | 30.303 | 31,177 | 30,327 | 30,129 | 30,411 | 29,199 | 30,445 |
Gercüş | 33.002 | 31,994 | 25,549 | 26,111 | 24,049 | 23,330 | 22,771 | 22,183 | 21,840 | 20,862 | 20,278 | 19,995 | 19,214 | 20,484 |
Hasankeyf | 11,690 | 7,493 | 7.207 | 7,412 | 6,935 | 6,796 | 6,637 | 6.702 | 6,748 | 6,509 | 6.374 | 6,370 | 6,393 | 6,724 |
Kozluk | 64,427 | 74,635 | 60,888 | 62.114 | 62,570 | 62,095 | 61,587 | 61,552 | 61.129 | 61.001 | 60,691 | 60,691 | 60,933 | 61,437 |
Sason | 32,413 | 36,719 | 31,230 | 33,295 | 32,645 | 32,644 | 32,457 | 31,475 | 31,682 | 30,646 | 29,908 | 29,767 | 29,846 | 32,907 |
Toplam | 344,669 | 456.734 | 472,487 | 485.616 | 497.998 | 510.200 | 524,499 | 534.205 | 547,581 | 557,593 | 566,633 | 576,899 | 585.252 | 599.103 |
economy
Batman Province is the center of the Turkish oil industry, the oil refinery was founded in 1955. A 494 km long pipeline connects Batman with İskenderun on the Mediterranean . In agriculture, mainly cotton is produced. There is a railway connection to Diyarbakır and Elazığ .
Sights include the Imam Abdullah Monastery and the Camiü'r Rızk and Hasankeyf Bridges .
Personalities
- Ahmet Güneştekin , artist
- Karapetê Xaço , Armenian singer and musician
- Selim Temo , writer and translator
Individual evidence
- ↑ Turkish Institute for Statistics , accessed December 24, 2017
- ↑ Batman Province website (Governor Portrait)
- ↑ Directorate General of Mapping İl ve İlçe Yüzölçümleri (PDF; 0.25 MB).
- ↑ Türkiye Nüfusu İl İlçe Mahalle Köy Nüfusu , accessed on April 23, 2019.
- ↑ illeridaresi.gov.tr (PDF; 1.4 MB).
- ↑ 1990 census (Turkish)
- ↑ 2000 census (Turkish)
- ↑ MDS / Central Dissemination System from TÜIK (Eng./Turk.)