Malatya Province

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Malatya Province is a province of Turkey. It is part of a larger mountainous area. The capital of the province is Malatya (Hittite Language: Milid or Maldi, meaning city of honey), which has many Alevite residents. Malatya is famous for its apricots. The area of Malatya province is 12,313 km². Malatya Province has 853,658 inhabitants (2000). The city of Malatya has 350,000 residents.

[edit] Districts

Malatya province is divided into 14 districts (capital district in bold):

• Akçadağ
• Arapgir
• Arguvan
• Battalgazi
• Darende
• Doğanşehir
• Doğanyol
• Hekimhan
• Kale
• Kuluncak
• Malatya
• Pötürge
• Yazıhan
• Yeşilyurt

[edit] Local sites

• Inönü University (since 1975)
• Malatya Airport (serving both private and commercial planes)

	Districts of Malatya
Malatya | Akçadağ | Arapgir | Arguvan | Battalgazi | Darende | Doğanşehir | Doğanyol | Hekimhan | Kale | Kuluncak | Pötürge | Yazıhan | Yeşilyurt

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