Place:Adiyaman, Turkey

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NameAdiyaman
Alt namesAdıiyamansource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) I, 99-100
Adıiyaman provincesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Adiyamansource: Wikipedia
Adiyaman Ilisource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Adiyaman Vilayetisource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
TypeProvince
Coordinates37.767°N 38.283°E
Located inTurkey
See alsoGüneydoğu AnadoluRegion
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Adıiyaman ( 700 - )
Adıyaman
Akpıinar
Akıincıilar
Belveran
Besṅi
Birimse
Damlacıik
Gerger
Golbasi
Harmanli
Keysun
Koçalıi
Kuyucak
Kâhta
Narıinca
Samsat
Suvarlıi
Tille
Tut
Çalgan
Çel̇ikhân
Şambayat
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Adıyaman Province is a province in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. The capital is Adıyaman. The province is considered part of Turkish Kurdistan and has a Kurdish majority.

Adıyaman Province was part of the province of Malatya until 1954, when it was made into a province as a reward for voting for the winning Democratic Party in the 1954 general election. The province consists of the districts Adıyaman (center district), Besni, Çelikhan, Gerger, Gölbaşı, Kâhta, Samsat, Sincik and Tut.

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