Batan
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Batan may refer to the following places:
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- Batan, AklanBatan, AklanBatan is a 4th class municipality in the province of Aklan, Philippines. According to the 2007 National Statistics Office recorded population, Batan has a population of 29,243 people in 6,422 households.-Political subdivision:...
, a municipality in the Philippines - Batan IslandBatan IslandBatan island is the main island of the Batanes Province in the Philippines, part of the Batanes Islands group and the Luzon Volcanic Arc. It is home to the provincial capital Basco. The island is known chiefly for Mount Iraya....
, the main island of the province of BatanesBatanesThe Province of Batanes , also called the Batanes Islands, is a Philippine province comprising ten islands that are located in the Luzon Strait between the islands of Luzon and Taiwan...
, the Philippines - Batan Island, AlbayBatan Island, AlbayBatan Island is an island in the Lagonoy Gulf in the Philippines. Along with Rapu-rapu Island it forms the municipality of Rapu-rapu, in the province of Albay in the Bicol region. The other islands in this strip of islands are Cagraray Island and San Miguel Island.Batan Island compose of many...
, in Rapu-rapu, Albay, the Philippines - Batan, Binhai County (八滩镇), town in Binhai County, Jiangsu, China
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- Batan (stone)Batan (stone)The batan is a kitchen utensil used to process different kinds of foods in South American Andean cuisine. It has a flat stone and a grinding stone called a uña. The uña is held in both hands and rocked over the food in the batan. Depending on the process wished, the uña's weight is slightly held...
, a kitchen utensil from Bolivian cuisine - Batani tribal confederacy in Afghanistan, who believe they all have descended from a son of Qais Abdur RashidQais Abdur RashidQais Abdur Rashid Khan , also known as Kesh, Kish, Qesh and Imraul Qais is a legendary ancestor of the Pashtun race, claimed to be the first ethnic Pashtun who travelled to Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia during the early days of Islam.) He is believed to be the 37th descendent of King Saul .He...
, the mythical ancestor of all PashtunsPashtun peoplePashtuns or Pathans , also known as ethnic Afghans , are an Eastern Iranic ethnic group with populations primarily between the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan and the Indus River in Pakistan... - Badan Tenaga Nuklir Nasional (BATAN) or the National Nuclear Energy Agency of IndonesiaNuclear power in IndonesiaThe nuclear program of Indonesia includes plans to build nuclear reactors in the country to produce nuclear power for peaceful purposes. The national legislative organ for nuclear energy, Badan Pengawas Tenaga Nuklir , was founded in 1998. The name of the national agency of atomic energy is...