Samsun Province

Province of Turkey

Province and metropolitan municipality in Turkey

Samsun Province

Samsun ili

Province and metropolitan municipality

Location of the province within Turkey

Country| Turkey
Seat| Samsun
Government

• Mayor| Mustafa Demir (AKP)
• Vali| Orhan Tavlı
Area

| 9,725 km2 (3,755 sq mi)
Population

(2022)[1]

| 1,368,488
• Density| 140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+3 (TRT)
Area code| 0362
Website| www.samsun.bel.tr
www.samsun.gov.tr

Samsun Province (Turkish: Samsun ili) is a province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey on the Black Sea coast. Its area is 9,725 km2,[2] and its population is 1,368,488 (2022).[1] 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[edit]

Surgical instruments are manufactured in the province today and were 4000 years ago.[3] The founder of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, started the Turkish War of Independence there on May 19, 1919.

## Geography[edit]

### Lakes[edit]

Ladik Lake, Akgöl, Dumanlı lake, Semenlik lake.

Şahinkaya Canyon in Vezirköprü.

### Rivers[edit]

Kızılırmak, Yeşilırmak, Terme river, Aptal Suyu, Mert Irmağı, Kürtün Suyu.[4]

### Forest[edit]

There are also small areas of bottomland forest.[5]

### Districts[edit]

Parts of goose-headed and camel-headed Phrygian pottery vessels from Samsun Districts of Samsun (clickable map)

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[edit]

Samsun has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cfa, Trewartha: Cf), typical for the region, but Samsun is nevertheless drier during summer and milder during winter than most of the southern Black Sea coast.

Summers are warm, the average maximum temperature is around 27 °C (81 °F) in August. Winters are cool to mild and wet, the lowest average minimum temperature is around 4 °C (39 °F) in January.

Precipitation is heaviest in late autumn and early winter. Snow sometimes falls between December and March, but temperatures below the freezing point rarely last more than a couple of days.

The water temperature is generally mild, fluctuating between 8–20 °C (46–68 °F) throughout the year.

Climate data for Samsun (1991–2020, extremes 1929–2023)

Month  | Jan  | Feb  | Mar  | Apr  | May  | Jun  | Jul  | Aug  | Sep  | Oct  | Nov  | Dec  | Year
Record high °C (°F)  | 24.2
(75.6)  | 26.5
(79.7)  | 33.6
(92.5)  | 37.0
(98.6)  | 37.4
(99.3)  | 37.4
(99.3)  | 37.5
(99.5)  | 39.0
(102.2)  | 38.7
(101.7)  | 38.4
(101.1)  | 32.4
(90.3)  | 28.9
(84.0)  | 39.0
(102.2)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)  | 11.1
(52.0)  | 11.3
(52.3)  | 12.8
(55.0)  | 15.3
(59.5)  | 19.4
(66.9)  | 24.4
(75.9)  | 27.4
(81.3)  | 28.2
(82.8)  | 24.8
(76.6)  | 20.8
(69.4)  | 16.7
(62.1)  | 13.1
(55.6)  | 18.8
(65.8)
Daily mean °C (°F)  | 7.5
(45.5)  | 7.3
(45.1)  | 8.7
(47.7)  | 11.3
(52.3)  | 15.9
(60.6)  | 20.8
(69.4)  | 23.9
(75.0)  | 24.5
(76.1)  | 20.9
(69.6)  | 17.0
(62.6)  | 12.6
(54.7)  | 9.4
(48.9)  | 15.0
(59.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)  | 4.4
(39.9)  | 4.1
(39.4)  | 5.2
(41.4)  | 7.9
(46.2)  | 12.4
(54.3)  | 17.0
(62.6)  | 20.0
(68.0)  | 20.7
(69.3)  | 17.3
(63.1)  | 13.6
(56.5)  | 9.1
(48.4)  | 6.5
(43.7)  | 11.5
(52.7)
Record low °C (°F)  | −8.1
(17.4)  | −9.8
(14.4)  | −7.0
(19.4)  | −2.4
(27.7)  | 2.7
(36.9)  | 7.8
(46.0)  | 13.4
(56.1)  | 12.4
(54.3)  | 6.8
(44.2)  | 1.5
(34.7)  | −2.8
(27.0)  | −5.0
(23.0)  | −9.8
(14.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches)  | 72.5
(2.85)  | 53.5
(2.11)  | 68.5
(2.70)  | 54.0
(2.13)  | 54.1
(2.13)  | 51.6
(2.03)  | 38.9
(1.53)  | 47.2
(1.86)  | 51.8
(2.04)  | 79.0
(3.11)  | 76.1
(3.00)  | 82.5
(3.25)  | 729.7
(28.73)
Average precipitation days  | 15.53  | 15.17  | 17.00  | 14.77  | 14.20  | 11.33  | 7.03  | 7.57  | 11.60  | 14.37  | 12.43  | 15.77  | 156.8
Average relative humidity (%)  | 65.9  | 67.8  | 72.5  | 76.8  | 78.0  | 74.0  | 71.2  | 70.9  | 72.2  | 73.6  | 67.8  | 64.4  | 71.2
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 86.8  | 96.1  | 120.9  | 162.0  | 201.5  | 249.0  | 279.0  | 263.5  | 201.0  | 148.8  | 120.0  | 89.9  | 2,018.5
Mean daily sunshine hours | 2.8  | 3.4  | 3.9  | 5.4  | 6.5  | 8.3  | 9.0  | 8.5  | 6.7  | 4.8  | 4.0  | 2.9  | 5.5
Source 1: Turkish State Meteorological Service[6] (extremes[7])
Source 2: NOAA (humidity, 1991–2020)[8]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
2. ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
3. ^ "Obsidian used as ancient scalpel found in Turkey's Samsun".
4. ^ Samsun Archived 2015-05-20 at the Wayback Machine
5. ^ Efe, Asuman; Alptekin, Ünal (1989). "ÖNEMLİ BİR SUBASAR ORMANI:HACIOSMAN (AN IMPORTANT BOTTOMLAND FOREST IN TURKEY)". forestist.org. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
6. ^ "Resmi İstatistikler: İllerimize Ait Mevism Normalleri (1991–2020)" (in Turkish). Turkish State Meteorological Service. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
7. ^ "İllerimize Ait Genel İstatistik Verileri: Samsun" (in Turkish). Turkish State Meteorological Service. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
8. ^ "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020 - Samsun Bolge". National Centers for Environmental Information. Retrieved 2 August 2023.

## External links[edit]

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* 19 Mayıs
* Alaçam
* Asarcık
* Atakum
* Ayvacık
* Bafra
* Canik
* Çarşamba
* Havza
* İlkadım
* Kavak
* Ladik
* Salıpazarı
* Tekkeköy
* Terme
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* Yakakent

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