Battalgazi

Battalgazi
Map showing Battalgazi District in Malatya Province
Map showing Battalgazi District in Malatya Province
Battalgazi is located in Turkey
Battalgazi
Battalgazi
Location within Turkey
Coordinates: 38°25′22″N 38°21′56″E / 38.42278°N 38.36556°E / 38.42278; 38.36556
CountryTurkey
ProvinceMalatya
Government
 • MayorBayram Taşkın (AKP)
Area
947 km2 (366 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
307,478
 • Density325/km2 (841/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Area code0422
Websitewww.battalgazi.bel.tr

Battalgazi (Kurdish: Betalqazî), formerly and colloquially Eskimalatya (Older Malatya), is a municipality and district of Malatya Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 947 km2,[3] and its population is 307,478 (2022).[1] At the 2013 reorganisation part of the former central district of Malatya Province was added to the district.[4]

The municipality is populated by Kurds of the Dirêjan and Reşwan tribes and by Turks.[5]

Composition

There are 104 neighbourhoods in Battalgazi District:[6]

  • Adagören
  • Ağılyazı
  • Akpınar
  • Alacakapı
  • Alhanuşağı
  • Alişar
  • Aslanbey
  • Ataköy
  • Bağtepe
  • Bahçelievler
  • Bahri
  • Başharık
  • Battalgazi
  • Beydağı
  • Beylerbaşı
  • Boran
  • Bulgurlu
  • Bulutlu
  • Büyük Hüseyin Bey
  • Büyük Mustafa Paşa
  • Çamurlu
  • Cevherizade
  • Cirikpınar
  • Çolaklı
  • Çolakoğlu
  • Çöşnük
  • Dabakhane
  • Dolamantepe
  • Düzyol
  • Ferhadiye
  • Fırat
  • Fırıncı
  • Göller
  • Göztepe
  • Gülümuşağı
  • Hacıabdi
  • Hacıhaliloğluçiftliği
  • Hacıyusuflar
  • Halfettin
  • Hamidiye
  • Hanımınçiftliği
  • Hasan Varol
  • Hasırcılar
  • Hatunsuyu
  • Hidayet
  • Hisartepe
  • İskender
  • İsmetiye
  • İstiklal
  • İzzetiye
  • Kadıçayırı
  • Kamıştaş
  • Kapıkaya
  • Karabağlar
  • Karagöz
  • Karahan
  • Karakaşçiftliği
  • Karaköy
  • Karatepe
  • Kavaklıbağ
  • Kemerköprü
  • Kernek
  • Kıraç
  • Kırçuval
  • Küçük Hüsüyin Bey
  • Küçük Mustafa Paşa
  • Kuluşağı
  • Merdivenler
  • Merkez Beydağı
  • Meydanbaşı
  • Meydancık
  • Niyazi
  • Nuriye
  • Orduzu
  • Paşaköşkü
  • Pelitli
  • Sancaktar
  • Saray
  • Sarıcıoğlu
  • Şehit Fevzi
  • Selçuklu
  • Selvidağ
  • Serintepe
  • Şifa
  • Şık Şık
  • Şişman
  • Tandoğan
  • Tanışık
  • Taştepe
  • Tokluca
  • Toptaş
  • Toygar
  • Uçbağlar
  • Uluköy
  • Üniversite
  • Üzümlü
  • Yamaç
  • Yarımcahan
  • Yaygın
  • Yenice
  • Yenihamam
  • Yeniköy
  • Yıldıztepe
  • Zafer

Sports

The 2023-opened Orduzu Sports Complex is a multi-sport venue located in Orduzu neighborhood.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  2. ↑ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi Archived 2015-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  3. ↑ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Law No. 6360". Official Gazette (in Turkish). 6 December 2012.
  5. ↑ Oncu, Mehmet (2023). Binemal û hozên li herêma Semsûrê (in Kurdish). Sîtav. p. 114.
  6. ↑ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "tOrduzu Spor Kompleksi'nde sona gelindi". Kars Hakimiye (in Turkish). 5 November 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2025.