Samsun Province

Province of Turkey

This article is about the province. For the city, see Samsun.

Not to be confused with Samson or Samsung.

Province and metropolitan municipality in Turkey

Samsun Province

Samsun ili

Province and metropolitan municipality

Location of the province within Turkey

Coordinates: 41°12′16″N 36°00′26″E﻿ / ﻿41.20444°N 36.00722°E﻿ / 41.20444; 36.00722
Country| Turkey
Seat| Samsun
Government

• Mayor| Halit Doğan (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
ISO Code| TR-55
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

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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

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### Lakes

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Ladik Lake, Akgöl, Dumanlı lake, Semenlik lake.

### Rivers

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

### Forest

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

### Districts

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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

## References

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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.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Samsun Province.

* Samsun governor's official website (in Turkish and English)
* Samsun municipality's official website (in Turkish)
* Pictures of the capital of Samsun Province
* Oymaağaç archaeology

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Samsun Province of Turkey

Districts|

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

Districts of Samsun

List of provinces by region

Istanbul|

* Istanbul

West Marmara|

* Balıkesir
* Çanakkale
* Edirne
* Kırklareli
* Tekirdağ

Aegean|

* Afyonkarahisar
* Aydın
* Denizli
* İzmir
* Kütahya
* Manisa
* Muğla
* Uşak

East Marmara|

* Bilecik
* Bursa
* Düzce
* Eskişehir
* Kocaeli
* Sakarya
* Yalova

West Anatolia|

* Ankara
* Karaman
* Konya

Mediterranean|

* Adana
* Antalya
* Burdur
* Hatay
* Isparta
* Kahramanmaraş
* Mersin
* Osmaniye

Central Anatolia|

* Aksaray
* Kayseri
* Kırıkkale
* Kırşehir
* Nevşehir
* Niğde
* Sivas
* Yozgat

West Black Sea|

* Amasya
* Bartın
* Bolu
* Çankırı
* Çorum
* Karabük
* Kastamonu
* Samsun
* Sinop
* Tokat
* Zonguldak

East Black Sea|

* Artvin
* Giresun
* Gümüşhane
* Ordu
* Rize
* Trabzon

Northeast Anatolia|

* Ağrı
* Ardahan
* Bayburt
* Erzincan
* Erzurum
* Iğdır
* Kars

Central East Anatolia|

* Bingöl
* Bitlis
* Elazığ
* Hakkâri
* Malatya
* Muş
* Tunceli
* Van

Southeast Anatolia|

* Adıyaman
* Batman
* Diyarbakır
* Gaziantep
* Kilis
* Mardin
* Siirt
* Şanlıurfa
* Şırnak

Metropolitan municipalities are bolded.

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* Adana
* Adıyaman
* Afyonkarahisar
* Ağrı
* Aksaray
* Amasya
* Ankara
* Antalya
* Ardahan
* Artvin
* Aydın
* Balıkesir
* Bartın
* Batman
* Bayburt
* Bilecik
* Bingöl
* Bitlis
* Bolu
* Burdur
* Bursa
* Çanakkale
* Çankırı
* Çorum
* Denizli
* Diyarbakır
* Düzce
* Edirne
* Elazığ
* Erzincan
* Erzurum
* Eskişehir
* Gaziantep
* Giresun
* Gümüşhane
* Hakkâri
* Hatay
* Iğdır
* Isparta
* Istanbul
* İzmir
* Kahramanmaraş
* Karabük
* Karaman
* Kars
* Kastamonu
* Kayseri
* Kilis
* Kırıkkale
* Kırklareli
* Kırşehir
* Kocaeli
* Konya
* Kütahya
* Malatya
* Manisa
* Mardin
* Mersin
* Muğla
* Muş
* Nevşehir
* Niğde
* Ordu
* Osmaniye
* Rize
* Sakarya
* Samsun
* Siirt
* Sinop
* Sivas
* Şanlıurfa
* Şırnak
* Tekirdağ
* Tokat
* Trabzon
* Tunceli
* Uşak
* Van
* Yalova
* Yozgat
* Zonguldak

Metropolitan municipalities are bolded.

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* MusicBrainz area

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