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Batman District
Batman District (also: ''Merkez'', meaning "central") is a district of Batman Province in Turkey. Its seat is the city of Batman, Turkey, Batman.İl Belediyesi Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023. Its area is 653 km2, and the district had a population of 477,456 in 2021. Composition There are two municipality, municipalities in Batman District: * Balpınar, Batman, Balpınar * Batman, Turkey, Batman There are 33 villages of Turkey, villages in Batman District: # Akça, Batman, Akça () # Akoba, Batman, Akoba () # Bayraklı, Batman, Bayraklı () # Bıçakçı, Batman, Bıçakçı () # Binatlı, Batman, Binatlı () # Çarıklı, Batman, Çarıklı () # Çayüstü, Batman, Çayüstü () # Çeşmebaşı, Batman, Çeşmebaşı () # à ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batman, Turkey
Batman ( ku, Êlih) is a Kurdish-majority city in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey and the capital of Batman Province. It lies on a plateau, above sea level, near the confluence of the Batman River and the Tigris. The Batı Raman oil field, which is the largest oil field in Turkey, is located just outside the city. Batman has a local airport and a military airbase, which was used for transit of aircraft and helicopters in some search and rescue operations during the Gulf War. Until the 1950s, Batman was a village, with a population of about 3,000. However, oil fields were discovered around it in the 1940s that resulted in a rapid development of the area and in the inflow of workforce from other parts of Turkey. In 1957, the village was renamed Batman, after the river namesake, received a city status and became a district center. Over the next 50 years, a significant amount of Batman's one-story buildings were rebuilt as multi-story buildings. As a result, its populat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
