Archaeological museum opened in Batman in 2010. Contains 450 items organized into three exhibition halls. Houses items from Ilısu Dam and Hasankeyf excavations
Batman covers 4,654 km² with 406,000 inhabitants (1997). The province includes five districts: Beşiri, Gercüş, Hasankeyf, Kozluk, and Sason. Accessible via highway and air transportation to Ankara, Istanbul, and Izmir