Samsun Province
Location of Samsun Province in Turkey
Overview
Region:	Black Sea Region, Turkey
Area:	9,579 (km²)
Total Population	1,187,536 TUIK 2007 (est)
Licence plate code:	55
Area code:	0362
Governor Website	http://www.samsun.gov.tr

Samsun is a province of Turkey on the Black Sea coast with a population of 1,209,137 (2000). Its adjacent provinces are Sinop on the northwest, Çorum on the west, Amasya on the south, Tokat on the southeast, and Ordu on the east. It's traffic code is 55.

The provincial capital is Samsun, one of the most populated cities in Turkey and the largest and busiest port in the Black Sea.

[edit] Districts

Samsun province is divided into 17 districts three of which are actually included in the municipality of Samsun city (shown in boldface letters).

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

[edit] History

The founder of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, started the Turkish War of Independence here on May 19, 1919.

[edit] External links

• Media related to Samsun Province at Wikimedia Commons
• Samsun governor's official website (Turkish) / (English)
• Samsun municipality's official website (Turkish)
• Pictures of the capital of Samsun province

v • d • e Samsun Province (in the Black Sea region) of Turkey Urban districts Samsun Rural districts Alaçam - Asarcık - Ayvacık - Bafra - Çarşamba - Havza - Kavak - Ladik (District), Samsun - Ondokuz Mayıs - Salıpazarı - Tekkeköy - Terme - Vezirköprü - Yakakent Regions Provinces Aegean Afyonkarahisar - Aydın - Denizli - İzmir - Kütahya - Manisa - Muğla - Uşak Black Sea Amasya - Artvin - Bartın - Bayburt - Bolu - Çorum - Düzce - Giresun - Gümüşhane - Karabük - Kastamonu - Ordu - Rize - Samsun - Sinop - Tokat - Trabzon - Zonguldak Central Anatolia Aksaray - Ankara - Çankırı - Eskişehir - Karaman - Kayseri - Kırıkkale - Kırşehir - Konya - Nevşehir - Niğde - Sivas - Yozgat Eastern Anatolia Ağrı - Ardahan -Bingöl - Bitlis - Elâzığ - Erzincan - Erzurum - Hakkâri - Iğdır - Kars - Malatya - Muş - Siirt - Tunceli - Van Marmara Balıkesir - Bilecik - Bursa - Çanakkale - Edirne - Istanbul - Kırklareli - Kocaeli - Sakarya - Tekirdağ - Yalova Mediterranean Adana - Antalya- Burdur - Hatay - Isparta - Kahramanmaraş - Kilis - Mersin - Osmaniye Southeastern Anatolia Adıyaman - Batman - Diyarbakır - Gaziantep - Mardin - Şanlıurfa - Şırnak

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Coordinates: 41°12′16″N 36°00′26″E / 41.20444°N 36.00722°E / 41.20444; 36.00722