Place:Samsun, Turkey

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NameSamsun
Alt namesSamsunsource: Wikipedia
TypeProvince
Coordinates41.25°N 36.333°E
Located inTurkey
See alsoKaradeṅiz kıiyıisıi,removed name of Region
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Alaçam
Ayvacıik
Bafra
Bespinar
Cakiralan
Dikbiyik
Elemi
Gaman
Havza
Kavak
Lâḋik
Mezraa
Samsun
Taflan
Terme
Tosköy
Veżirköprü
Çarşamba
Şehyl̇i
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Samsun Province is a province of Turkey on the Black Sea coast with a population of 1,252,693 (2010). 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.

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History

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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 here on May 19, 1919.

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