Samsun Province
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Samsun Province (Template:Langx) is a province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey on the Black Sea coast. Its area is 9,725 km2,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and its population is 1,368,488 (2022).<ref name=tuik>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>Samsun Template:Webarchive</ref>
Forest
There are also small areas of bottomland forest.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Districts
Template:Samsun imagemap Samsun province is divided into 17 districts, four of which were included in the pre-2013 municipality of Samsun city (shown in boldface letters).
- İlkadım
- Canik
- Atakum
- Tekkeköy
- 19 Mayıs
- Alaçam
- Asarcık
- Ayvacık
- Bafra
- Çarşamba
- Havza
- Kavak
- Ladik
- Salıpazarı
- Terme
- Vezirköprü
- Yakakent
Climate
There is a local plan for climate change, but it says nothing about coal<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> although the province imports both coal and gas from Russia.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
References
External links
- Samsun governor's official website Template:In lang
- Samsun municipality's official website Template:Webarchive Template:In lang
- Pictures of the capital of Samsun Province
- Oymaağaç archaeology
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