Hekimhan, (Kurdish: Hekîmxan), is a district of Malatya Province of Turkey. The mayor is Aliseidi Millioğulları (CHP). The district is located in Upper part of Euphrates in Eastern Anatolia. It is also located in the ancient silk road. The population of Hekimhan town and its villages has been going down since the 1980s because of closing down of iron mine establishments. Nowadays, population in the town center is 7,800. Whole population of the county is 25,000 while it was 52,000 in the 1970s. The people of Hekimhan are well educated and have a good sense of humor. The richness of Turkish culture and long standing traditions of centuries still live in these lovely people. They are very hospitable and open-doored. The county had rich mineral resources such as iron, chrome, dolomite, torium etc.