Samsun Province
Samsun Province is a province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey on the Black Sea coast. Its area is 9,725 km2, and its population is 1,368,488. 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
Surgical instruments are manufactured in the province today and were 4000 years ago. The founder of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, started the Turkish War of Independence there on May 19, 1919.
Geography
Lakes
Ladik Lake, Akgöl, Dumanlı lake, Semenlik lake.
Rivers
Kızılırmak, Yeşilırmak, Terme river, Aptal Suyu, Mert Irmağı, Kürtün Suyu.
Forest
There are also small areas of bottomland forest.
Districts
Samsun province is divided into 17 districts, four of which were included in the pre-2013 municipality of Samsun city.İlkadımCanikAtakumTekkeköy
Climate
There is a local plan for climate change, but it says nothing about coal although the province imports both coal and gas from Russia.