Trabzon Province
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| Region: | Black Sea Region, Turkey |
| Area: | 6,685 (km²) |
| Total Population | 1,061,055 TUIK 2006 (est) |
| Licence plate code: | 61 |
| Area code: | 0462 |
| Governor Website | http://www.trabzon.gov.tr |
| Weather forecast | turkeyforecast.com/weather/trabzon |
Trabzon is a province of Turkey on the Black Sea coast. It has a population of 1,061,055 (2006 est). Neighbouring provinces are Giresun to the west, Gümüşhane to the southwest, Bayburt to the southeast and Rize to the east. The provincial capital is Trabzon city, and the traffic code is 61. The province is home to a small community of Muslim Pontic Greek-speakers.[citation needed]
Districts
Trabzon province is divided into 18 districts (capital district in bold):
Districts along the 114 km coastline (from West to East): Beşikdüzü, Vakfıkebir, Çarşıbaşı,
Akçaabat, Yomra, Arsin, Araklı, Sürmene and Of.
Districts inland: Tonya, Düzköy, Şalpazarı, Maçka, Köprübaşı, Dernekpazarı, Hayrat and Çaykara.
Beşikdüzü and Şalpazarı gained district status in 1988, Çarşıbaşı, Düzköy, Köprübaşı, Dernekpazarı and Hayrat in 1990.
History
The capital city Trabzon was founded, as Trapezus, by Greek colonists from Sinop. An important Roman and Byzantine centre, it was the capital of the Empire of Trebizond from 1204 to 1461. Trabzon was made part of the Ottoman Empire by Mehmet the Conqueror in 1461. It was initially a sanjak then gained the status of eyalet and finally became a vilayet in 1868.
The province was a site of major fighting between Ottoman and Russian forces during Caucasus Campaign of World War I which resulted in capture of the city of Trabzon by Russian army under command of Grand Duke Nicholas and Nikolai Yudenich in April 1916. The province returned under Turkish control in 1918 following the end of the war.
Population History
- 2000 - 979,081
- 1997 - 858,687
- 1990 - 795,849
- 1985 - 786,194
- 1980 - 731,045
- 1975 - 719,008
- 1970 - 659,120
- 1965 - 595,782
- 1960 - 532,999
- 1955 - 462,249
- 1950 - 420,279
- 1945 - 395,733
- 1940 - 390,733
- 1935 - 360,679
- 1927 - 290,303
See also
External links
Gallery
 Mountains of Trabzon |
 Memişoğlu Konağı, located 4 km east of Sürmene |
 Memish Agha Mansion in Surmene |
 Ahi Evran Camii |
 Atatürk Mansion |
 Orta Hisar |
 Orta Hisar |
| Urban districts | Trabzon |   |
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| Rural districts | Akçaabat - Araklı - Arsin - Beşikdüzü - Çarşıbaşı - Çaykara - Dernekpazarı - Düzköy - Hayrat - Köprübaşı - Maçka - Of - Şalpazarı - Sürmene - Tonya - Vakfıkebir - Yomra | |
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| Aegean | ||
| Black Sea | ||
| Central Anatolia | ||
| East Anatolia | ||
| Marmara | ||
| Mediterranean | ||
| Southeastern Anatolia | ||
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