Terme (formerly spelled ''Termeh'';
Ancient Greek
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: Thèrmae, Θέρμαι) is a municipality and
district
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of
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, Amasy ...
,
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
. Its area is 548 km
2, and its population is 71,092 (2022).
Terme is located on
Terme River
The Terme River (; ; , rendered Thermodon) is a short river in Samsun Province, Turkey draining into the Black Sea. Its sources are in the Pontic Mountains. It runs through the fertile Çarşamba plain to Salıpazarı, where it splits into th ...
, about 5 km from its mouth, on the eastern end of the
Çarşamba Plain
The Çarşamba Plain, the ancient Themiscyra Plain (; ''Themiskyra''), is a plain on the Black Sea coast of Turkey, formed largely of the delta of the Yeşilırmak river (ancient Iris), but also traversed by the much smaller Terme (ancient Ther ...
.
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
The Amazons (Ancient Greek: ', singular '; in Latin ', ') were a people in Greek mythology, portrayed in a number of ancient epic poems and legends, such as the Labours of Hercules, Labours of Heracles, the ''Argonautica'' and the ''Iliad''. ...
, 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
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 Terme District:
Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
* Ahmetbey
* Akbucak
* Akçagün
* Akçay
* Akçaykaracalı
* Altınlı
* Ambartepe
* Aşağıhüseyinmescit
* Aybeder
* Bafracalı
* Bağsaray
* Bahçelievler
* Bazlamaç
* Beşikli
* Çağlayan
* Çamlıca
* Çanaklı
* Çangallar
* Çardak
* Çay
* Cılar Mahallesi
* Cumhuriyet
* Dağdıralı
* Dereyolu
* Dibekli
* Dutluk
* Elmaköy
* Elmalık
* Emiryusuf
* Erenköy
* Etyemezli
* Evci
* Eyercili
* Fenk
* Geçmiş
* Gökçeağaç
* Gölyazı
* Gündoğdu
* Hüseyinmescit
* İlimdağ
* İmanalisi
* Karacaköy
* Karacalı
* Karamahmut
* Karkucak
* Kazımkarabekirpaşa
* Kesikkaya
* Kocaman
* Kocamanbaşı
* Köybucağı
* Kozluk
* Kumcığaz
* Kuşça
* Kuşçulu
* Mescitköy
* Meşeyazı
* Muratlı
* Oğuzlu
* Örencik
* Ortasöğütlü
* Özyurt
* Sakarlı
* Sancaklı
* Sarayköy
* Şeyhli
* Sivaslılar
* Söğütlü
* Şuayip
* Sütözü
* Taşlık
* Taşpınar
* Uludere
* Uzungazi
* Yalı
* Yeni
* Yenicami
* Yenidoğan
* Yerli
* Yukarısöğütlü
* Yukarıtaşpınar
* Yüksekyayla
* Yunus Emre
See also
* Themiscyra Plain Themiscyra may refer to:
* Themiscyra (Pontus), an ancient Greek town, the home of the legendary Amazons
* Themyscira (DC Comics)
Themyscira () is a fictional unitary state, unitary sovereign state, sovereign city-state and Archipelagic state, ...
References
Populated places in Samsun Province
Fishing communities in Turkey
Districts of Samsun Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
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