Battalgazi

Battalgazi
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Basic data
Province (il) :	Malatya
Coordinates :	38 ° 25 '  N , 38 ° 22'  E Coordinates: 38 ° 25 '22 "  N , 38 ° 21' 56"  E
Surface:	30 km²
Residents :	16,792 (2008)
Population density :	560 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code :	(+90) 422
Postal code :	443xx
License plate :	44
Structure and administration (status: 2009)
Mayor :	Selahattin Gürkan ( AKP )
Website:	www.battalgazi.bel.tr
Battalgazi County
Residents :	29,509 (2008)
Surface:	235 km²
Population density :	126 inhabitants per km²
Kaymakam :	Abdulmuttalip Aksoy
Website (Kaymakam):	www.battalgazi.gov.tr

Battalgazi (until 1988 Eskimalatya ) is a town and capital of the district of the same name in the Turkish province of Malatya . Battalgazi County is located in the east of the province and borders with Elazığ Province . 16,792 people live in the city of Battalgazi and 29,509 people in the entire district (as of 2008).

Battalgazi is the second Malatya. The originally Hethic Malatya ( Melid ) was burned down in ancient times. Later, on the site of today's Battalgazi Malatya was re-established. Therefore Battalgazi is also called Altmalatya . The city of Battalgazi was named after the Muslim hero Battal Ghazi in 1988 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Turkish Institute for Statistics ( Memento from December 5, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed November 21, 2009