And none of them are related to, or inspired by the comic book character.
The city lies in a plateau near the confluence of the Batman River and the River Tigris.
Batman was originally a small village called Iluh with a population of about 3,000.
In 1957, the village adopted the name Batman, after the river that flows near it.
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The Batman River wasnt always called Batman.
But Raman can also be a variant ofRahmanwhich means god.
Batman is also an oldunit of measurementused to measure mass, prevalent during the Ottomon Empire.
The value of Batman varied considerably from region to region and at different times.
“There is only one Batman in the world,” he told reporters.
“The American producers used the name of our city without informing us.”
The threat was, however, only a publicity stunt.
Batman comics first appeared in 1939, more than two decades before the city began to use the name.
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Sources:Wikipedia/CN Traveller/The Register/Batman River (Wikipedia)
