Malatya Province
Malatya Province is a province of Turkey. It is part of a larger mountainous area. The capital of the province is Malatya (in Hittite: Milid or Maldi, meaning "city of honey"), which has many residents. Malatya is famous for its apricots. The area of Malatya province is 12,313 km². Malatya Province has 923,248 inhabitants. The population was 853,658 in 2000. The city of Malatya has a population of 381,081 (2000).
Geography
Malatya is traversed by the northeasterly line of equal latitude and longitude.
Districts
Malatya province is divided into 14 districts (capital district in bold):
- Akçadağ
- Arapgir
- Arguvan
- Battalgazi
- Darende
- DoÄŸanÅŸehir
- DoÄŸanyol
- Hekimhan
- Kale
- Kuluncak
- Malatya
- Pütürge
- Yazıhan
- YeÅŸilyurt
Local sites
- İnönü University (since 1975)
- Turgut Özal Medical Center (in İnönü University)
- Malatya Erhaç Airport (serving both public and military)
- Eskimalatya (old city centre, very historical place)
External links
Malatya Province
