Malatya Province (Turkish: Malatya ili ) 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 740,643 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):
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)
- ^ Turkish Statistical Institute, MS Excel document – Population of province/district centers and towns/villages and population growth rate by provinces
Coordinates: 38°29′03″N 38°08′11″E / 38.48417°N 38.13639°E / 38.48417; 38.13639
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Malatya Province (in the 
