Trabzon Province
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| Location of Trabzon Province in Turkey | |
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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 |
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]
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[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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
[edit] Ottoman era 1903 census
(This refers to a previous province which covered a wider area of NE Turkey)
- Muslim 972,981 (489,890 male, 483,091 female)
- Greek Orthodox 185,784 (93,871 male, 91,913 female)
- Armenian Gregorian 50,233 (25,444 male, 24,789 female)
- Armenian Catholic 1,506 (755 male, 751 female)
- Armenian Protestant 1,140 (575 male, 565 female)
- TOTAL 1,211,644 (610,535 male, 601,109 female)
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 Mountains of Trabzon |
 Memişoğlu Konağı, located 4 km east of Sürmene |
 Trabzon Province (in the Black Sea region) of Turkey |
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| Urban districts | Trabzon |    |
| Rural districts | Akçaabat - Araklı - Arsin - Beşikdüzü - Çarşıbaşı - Çaykara - Dernekpazarı - Düzköy - Hayrat - Köprübaşı - Maçka - Of - Şalpazarı - Sürmene - Tonya - Vakfıkebir - Yomra | |
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