Samsun
city in northern Turkey
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Summary
Samsun is a metropolitan municipality in Turkey[1]. Samsun draws 3,545 Wikipedia views per month (metropolitan municipality in turkey category, ranking #14 of 25).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Samsun Province[3]
- Country: Turkey[4]
- Instance of: big city[5], city[6]
- Twinned administrative body: Kutaisi[7], Kiel[8], Little Rock[9], Kalmar Municipality[10], Gorgan[11], Brčko[12], Novorossiysk[13], Bishkek[14], Aktau[15]
- Postal code: 55[16]
- Part of: Central Karadeniz[17]
- Commons category: Samsun[18]
- Located in time zone: UTC+03:00[19]
- Local dialing code: 0362[20]
- Located in/on physical feature: Black Sea Region[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:Samsun[22]
- Population: 1,368,488[23], 280,000[24], 340,000[25], 541,300[26], 134,300[27], 350,000[28]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Samsun[29]
- Described by source: Pauly–Wissowa[30], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[31], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[32], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 10[33], Great dictionary of geographical names[34], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)[35], Q21819378[36], Oxford Classical Dictionary[37]
- Capital of: Samsun Province[38]
- Official name: Samsun[39]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Samsun[40]
- Native label: Samsun[41]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Samsun[42]
- Different from: Samsun Province[43]
- Elevation above sea level: 20 m[44]
- Area: 1,055,000,000 m²[45]
- Urban population: 303,979[46], 363,180[47], 107,510[48], 134,061[49], 168,478[50], 198,749[51], 240,674[52]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Samsun include Samsun-Çarşamba Airport[53], an airport[54], in Turkey[55], founded in 1998[56].
Why It Matters
Samsun has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] Samsun is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]
Entities named for Samsun include Samsun-Çarşamba Airport[53], an airport[54], in Turkey[55], founded in 1998[56].