Samsun

Summary

Samsun is a metropolitan municipality in Turkey^[1]. Samsun draws 1,060 Wikipedia views per month (metropolitan_municipality_in_turkey category, ranking #14 of 25).^[2]

Key Facts

• Samsun is located in Samsun Province^[3].
• Samsun is in the country of Turkey^[4].
• Samsun's instance of is recorded as metropolitan municipality in Turkey^[5].
• Samsun's instance of is recorded as big city^[6].
• Samsun's instance of is recorded as city^[7].
• Samsun's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kutaisi^[8].
• Samsun's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kiel^[9].
• Samsun's twinned administrative body is recorded as Little Rock^[10].
• Samsun's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kalmar Municipality^[11].
• Samsun's twinned administrative body is recorded as Gorgan^[12].
• Samsun's twinned administrative body is recorded as Brčko^[13].
• Samsun's twinned administrative body is recorded as Novorossiysk^[14].
• Samsun's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bishkek^[15].
• Samsun's twinned administrative body is recorded as Aktau^[16].
• Samsun's postal code is recorded as 55^[17].
• Samsun is part of Central Karadeniz^[18].
• Samsun's Commons category is recorded as Samsun^[19].
• Samsun's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00^[20].
• Samsun's local dialing code is recorded as 0362^[21].
• Samsun's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 41.286666666667, 'lon': 36.33}^[22].
• Samsun's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Black Sea Region^[23].
• Samsun's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Samsun^[24].
• Samsun has a population of {'amount': '+1368488'}^[25].
• Samsun has a population of {'amount': '+280000'}^[26].
• Samsun has a population of {'amount': '+340000'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Samsun is in the country of Turkey^[4]. Samsun is located in Samsun Province^[3]. Samsun is part of Central Karadeniz^[18].

Physical Characteristics

Samsun covers an area of {'unit': 'Q25343', 'amount': '+1055000000'}^[28]. Samsun sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+20'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+1368488'}^[25], {'amount': '+280000'}^[26], {'amount': '+340000'}^[27], {'amount': '+541300'}^[30], {'amount': '+134300'}^[31], and {'amount': '+350000'}^[32].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include metropolitan municipality in Turkey^[5], big city^[6], and city^[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Samsun include Samsun-Çarşamba Airport^[33], an airport^[34], in Turkey^[35], founded in 1998^[36].

Why It Matters

Samsun draws 1,060 Wikipedia views per month (metropolitan_municipality_in_turkey category, ranking #14 of 25).^[2] Samsun has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] Samsun is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]

Entities named for Samsun include Samsun-Çarşamba Airport^[33], an airport^[34], in Turkey^[35], founded in 1998^[36].