Zurbahan is a mountain in the district of
Hekimhan
Hekimhan is a town and district of Malatya Province of Turkey. The mayor is Turan Karadağ ( CHP). It is located in the upper Euphrates in Eastern Anatolia. The district population is 25,629. Hekimhan is 1,075 m above sea level. The highest point ...
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Malatya Province
Malatya Province ( tr, ; ku, Parezgêha Meletîyê) is a province of Turkey. It is part of a larger mountainous area. The capital of the province is Malatya. The area of Malatya province is 12,313 km². Malatya Province had a population of ...
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Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
. It is located in Upper part of
Euphrates
The Euphrates () is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia. Tigris–Euphrates river system, Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia ( ''the land between the rivers'') ...
in Eastern Anatolia. The altitude of it is . It is noticeable from away in open sky. It has mineral resources and sweet water which waters apricot gardens on the slope of the mountain foot. According to the late Metin Kara, people of Hekimhan thinks that Zurbahan mountain has some kind of mystic powers. Therefore, it is well respected and beloved. It is the unofficial symbol of Hekimhan county. Further information and the picture of Zurbahan is given in
this link
References
Mountains of Turkey
Landforms of Malatya Province
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