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Samsun Province
Samsun Province () is a province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey on the Black Sea coast. Its area is 9,725 km2, and its population is 1,368,488 (2022). Its adjacent provinces are Sinop on the northwest, Çorum on the west, Amasya on the south, Tokat on the southeast on the east. Its traffic code is 55. The provincial capital is Samsun, one of the most populated cities in Turkey. History Surgical instruments are manufactured in the province today and were 4000 years ago. The founder of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, started the Turkish War of Independence there on May 19, 1919. Geography Lakes Ladik Lake, Akgöl, Dumanlı lake, Semenlik lake. Rivers Kızılırmak, Yeşilırmak, Terme river, Aptal Suyu, Mert Irmağı, Kürtün Suyu. Forest There are also small areas of bottomland forest. Districts Samsun province is divided into 17 districts, four of which were included in the pre-2013 municipality of Samsun city (shown in boldface lett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samsun
Samsun is a List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, city on the north coast of Turkey and a major Black Sea port. The urban area recorded a population of 738,692 in 2022. The city is the capital of Samsun Province which has a population of 1,382,376. The city is home to Ondokuz Mayıs University, several hospitals, three large shopping malls, Samsunspor football club, an opera house and a large and modern manufacturing district. The city is best known as the place where Mustafa Kemal Atatürk began the Turkish War of Independence in 1919. Name The present name of the city is believed to have come from its former Greek name of () by a Rebracketing#In Greek, reinterpretation of (meaning "to Amisós") and (Greek suffix for place names) to (: ) and then Samsun (). The early Greek historian Hecataeus of Miletus, Hecataeus wrote that Amisos was formerly called ''Paphlagonian Eneti, Enete'', the place mentioned in Homer's ''Iliad''. In Book II, Homer says that the ''ἐνε� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canik
Canik is a municipality and district of Samsun Province, Turkey. Its area is 264 km2, and its population is 100,641 (2022). It is located to the east of the city center of Samsun. Canik means land of Tzan/Can Laz people and became one of the four town municipalities under the patronage of Samsun Metropolitan Municipality in 1994. The region was largely settled by middle and lower working-class people in those days, but recent years made a big impact in the local economy. In 2008 the district Canik was created from part of the former central district of Samsun, along with İlkadım and Atakum. At the 2013 Turkish local government reorganisation, the rural part of the district was integrated into the municipality, the villages becoming neighbourhoods. Geography It is located on the north, Black Sea coast of Turkey. Composition There are 52 neighbourhoods A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terme
Terme (formerly spelled ''Termeh''; Ancient Greek: Thèrmae, Θέρμαι) is a municipality and district of Samsun Province, Turkey. Its area is 548 km2, and its population is 71,092 (2022). Terme is located on Terme River, about 5 km from its mouth, on the eastern end of the Çarşamba Plain. Terme or its environs are the site of the ancient city of Themiscyra, Θεμίσκυρα. Terme District is the site of an annual festival celebrating the Amazons, an ancient nation of all-female warriors who, according to Greek myth, were believed to have lived in the Samsun Samsun is a List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, city on the north coast of Turkey and a major Black Sea port. The urban area recorded a population of 738,692 in 2022. The city is the capital of Samsun Province which has a population of ... region. Composition There are 82 neighbourhoods in Terme District: [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salıpazarı
Salıpazarı is a municipality and district of Samsun Province, Turkey. Its area is 356 km2, and its population is 19,017 (2022). The mayor is Refaettin Karaca ( BBP). Composition There are 44 neighbourhoods A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ... in Salıpazarı District: Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. * Alanköy * Alanyakın * Albak * Avut * Bereket * Biçme * Çağlayan * Cevizli * Çiçekli * Dikencik * Düzköy * Esatçiftliği * Fatsalılar * Fidancık * Fındıklı * Gökçebaşı * Gökçeli * Güzelvatan * Kalfalı * Karacalar * Karacaören * Karadere * Karaman * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ladik
Ladik is a municipality and district of Samsun Province, Turkey. Its area is 541 km2, and its population is 16,072 (2022). It is on the site of the ancient Laodicea Pontica. The mayor is Adnan Topal ( AKP). History Laodicea Pontica or Laodicea (), also transliterated as Laodíceia and Laodíkeia, was a Hellenistic town in Pontus. The city was founded in the hills (elevation 1000 m) not far west of the lake Stiphane Limne, southwest of Amisus (modern Samsun). It is the birthplace of the Albanian grand vizier Tayyar Mehmed Pasha. Composition There are 67 neighbourhoods in Ladik District: Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. * Ağcakaya * Ahmetsaray * Akpınar * Aktaş * Akyar * Alayurt * Alıçlı * Arslantaş * Aşağıgölyazı * Ayvalı * Ayvalısokağı * Bahşi * Başlamış * Bola ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kavak, Samsun
Kavak is a municipality and district of Samsun Province, Turkey. Its area is 697 km2, and its population is 22,747 (2022). Kavak is located 51 km away from Samsun. It has 600 m height from the sea level. The mayor is Şerif Ün (YRP). Kavak is located on the Samsun-Ankara highway, which brings it economical and social advantages. The most important source of income for Kavak is chicken farms. Yaşar Doğu - Olympic gold medalist sports wrestler was born in Kavak district. Composition There are 91 neighbourhoods A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ... in Kavak District: , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Invent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Havza
Havza (Ottoman حوضة) is a municipality and district of Samsun Province, Turkey. Its area is 865 km2, and its population is 38,492 (2022). The mayor is Sebahattin Özdemir ( AKP). Composition There are 98 neighbourhoods A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ... in Havza District: Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. * 19 Mayıs * 25 Mayıs * Ağcamahmut * Ağdırhasan * Arslançayırı * Aşağısusuz * Aşağıyavucak * Bahçelievler * Başpelit * Bekdiğin * Belalan * Beyköy * Beyören * Boyalı * Boyalıca * Çakıralan * Çamyatağı * Çay * Çayırözü * Çelikalan * Ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Çarşamba
Çarşamba is a municipality and district of Samsun Province, Turkey. Its area is 774 km2, and its population is 140,664 (2022). It is in the center of the Çarşamba Plain. The mayor is Hüseyin Dündar (Independent). Ferhan Şensoy - writer, actor and stage director - was born here. The town is bisected by the Yeşilırmak river running south-to-north and by the Black Sea Coastal Road (D010) which runs west-to-east. There is a sugar factory in Çarşamba district. Composition There are 143 neighbourhoods A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ... in Çarşamba District: Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bafra
Bafra is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Samsun Province, Turkey. Covering about 1,500 km2, and with over 140,000 inhabitants it is a settlement located from the Black Sea, in the fertile Kızılırmak Delta. The Bafra Plain is famous in Turkey for its rich soil and high quality tobacco growing conditions. The city is well known in Turkey for its ice cream, cigarettes, tobacco and agricultural produce. The city is located 52 km northwest of Samsun and is connected by State road D.010 (Turkey), State road D.010. History The name of the municipality is thought to have come from the Phoenician language, Phoenician name "bafira" or "bavra". Other beliefs about the etymology of the region come from the name "Ba-Hura" (Great River) given to Kizilirmak which generates the delta upon which the city is located. Historical records of human settlement in Bafra and the Kızılırmak Delta, Kizilirmak delta date to as early as 5000 BC. The region came under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayvacık, Samsun
Ayvacık is a municipality and district of Samsun Province, Turkey. Its area is 382 km2, and its population is 18,928 (2022). The mayor is Refahittin Şencan ( AKP). Composition There are 43 neighbourhoods A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ... in Ayvacık District: Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. * Ardıç * Başalan * Çamalan * Çamlıkale * Çarşıköy * Çökekli * Döngel * Döngelyatak * Esenyurt * Eynel * Eyüpsultan * Fatihsultanmehmet * Gülpınar * Gültepe * Gürçam * Güzelyurt * Kabaklık * Kapıkaya * Karaağaç * Karşıdöngel * Kazancılı * Keskinoğl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asarcık
Asarcık is a municipality and district of Samsun Province, Turkey. Its area is 253 km2, and its population is 16,001 (2022). Composition There are 32 neighbourhoods A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ... in Asarcık District: Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. * Acısu * Akyazı * Alan * Alişar * Arıcak * Armutlu * Aşuru * Atatürk * Ayaklıalan * Aydınköy * Biçincik * Çulhaoğlu * Dağcılar * Emirmusa * Esentepe * Gökgöl * Gülveren * Gündoğdu * Hisariye * İmamlı * Kesealan * Kılavuzlu * Koşaca * Kuyumcuoğlu * Musaağa * Sakızlık * Uluköy * Yarımca * Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alaçam
Alaçam is a municipality and district of Samsun Province, Turkey. Its area is 598 km2, and its population is 24,647 (2022). Scholars believe that Alaçam is the site of the ancient city of Zaliche or Zaliches. History Alaçam has a long history. It has been held by Phrygian, Cimmerians, Lydians and Persians before the area was taken by Alexander the Great. The Pontus Kingdom came in the 1st century BC which was in turn annexed by the Roman Empire. After the division of the Roman Empire, the Byzantines called the town Zalikus. The Seljuk named the town Uluköy, until 1385 when it was briefly part of the Candaroğulları Beyliği rump state and it took the name of the Alaçam county. The name Alaçam means spruce from the pine trees endemic to the area. Then in 1398 Alaçam entered the Ottoman empire, becoming a Turkish town after World War I. Economy Alaçam County's economy relies mainly on agriculture and animal husbandry. Like most of the region Tobacco is the leadi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
