Terme

Terme

Terme

District and municipality in Samsun, Turkey

For other uses, see Terme (disambiguation).

Terme (formerly spelled Termeh; Ancient Greek: Thèrmae, Θέρμαι) is a municipality and district of Samsun Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 548 km2,[3] and its population is 71,092 (2022).[1] Terme is located on Terme River, about 5 km from its mouth, on the eastern end of the Çarşamba Plain.

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Terme or its environs are the site of the ancient city of Themiscyra, Θεμίσκυρα.[4]

Terme District is the site of an annual festival celebrating the Amazons, an ancient nation of all-female warriors who, according to Greek myth, were believed to have lived in the Samsun region.[5]

Composition

There are 82 neighbourhoods in Terme District:[6]

  • Ahmetbey
  • Akbucak
  • Akçagün
  • Akçay
  • Akçaykaracalı
  • Altınlı
  • Ambartepe
  • Aşağıhüseyinmescit
  • Aybeder
  • Bafracalı
  • Bağsaray
  • Bahçelievler
  • Bazlamaç
  • Beşikli
  • Çağlayan
  • Çamlıca
  • Çanaklı
  • Çangallar
  • Çardak
  • Çay
  • Cılar Mahallesi
  • Cumhuriyet
  • Dağdıralı
  • Dereyolu
  • Dibekli
  • Dutluk
  • Elmaköy
  • Elmalık
  • Emiryusuf
  • Erenköy
  • Etyemezli
  • Evci
  • Eyercili
  • Fenk
  • Geçmiş
  • Gökçeağaç
  • Gölyazı
  • Gündoğdu
  • Hüseyinmescit
  • İlimdağ
  • İmanalisi
  • Karacaköy
  • Karacalı
  • Karamahmut
  • Karkucak
  • Kazımkarabekirpaşa
  • Kesikkaya
  • Kocaman
  • Kocamanbaşı
  • Köybucağı
  • Kozluk
  • Kumcığaz
  • Kuşça
  • Kuşçulu
  • Mescitköy
  • Meşeyazı
  • Muratlı
  • Oğuzlu
  • Örencik
  • Ortasöğütlü
  • Özyurt
  • Sakarlı
  • Sancaklı
  • Sarayköy
  • Şeyhli
  • Sivaslılar
  • Söğütlü
  • Şuayip
  • Sütözü
  • Taşlık
  • Taşpınar
  • Uludere
  • Uzungazi
  • Yalı
  • Yeni
  • Yenicami
  • Yenidoğan
  • Yerli
  • Yukarısöğütlü
  • Yukarıtaşpınar
  • Yüksekyayla
  • Yunus Emre

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  2. [2]
    Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  3. [3]
    "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  4. [4]
    Richard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, (ISBN 0-691-03169-X), Map 87 & notes.
  5. [5]
    "Village of Amazons to be recreated in Samsun park - Today's Zaman, your gateway to Turkish daily news". Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
  6. [6]
    Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.


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