Terme (formerly spelled Termeh; Ancient Greek: Thèrmae, Θέρμαι) is a municipality and district of Samsun Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 548 km2,[3] and its population is 71,092 (2022).[1] Terme is located on Terme River, about 5 km from its mouth, on the eastern end of the Çarşamba Plain.
Terme or its environs are the site of the ancient city of Themiscyra, Θεμίσκυρα.[4]
Terme District is the site of an annual festival celebrating the Amazons, an ancient nation of all-female warriors who, according to Greek myth, were believed to have lived in the Samsun region.[5]
Composition
There are 82 neighbourhoods in Terme District:[6]
- Ahmetbey
- Akbucak
- Akçagün
- Akçay
- Akçaykaracalı
- Altınlı
- Ambartepe
- Aşağıhüseyinmescit
- Aybeder
- Bafracalı
- Bağsaray
- Bahçelievler
- Bazlamaç
- Beşikli
- Çağlayan
- Çamlıca
- Çanaklı
- Çangallar
- Çardak
- Çay
- Cılar Mahallesi
- Cumhuriyet
- Dağdıralı
- Dereyolu
- Dibekli
- Dutluk
- Elmaköy
- Elmalık
- Emiryusuf
- Erenköy
- Etyemezli
- Evci
- Eyercili
- Fenk
- Geçmiş
- Gökçeağaç
- Gölyazı
- Gündoğdu
- Hüseyinmescit
- İlimdağ
- İmanalisi
- Karacaköy
- Karacalı
- Karamahmut
- Karkucak
- Kazımkarabekirpaşa
- Kesikkaya
- Kocaman
- Kocamanbaşı
- Köybucağı
- Kozluk
- Kumcığaz
- Kuşça
- Kuşçulu
- Mescitköy
- Meşeyazı
- Muratlı
- Oğuzlu
- Örencik
- Ortasöğütlü
- Özyurt
- Sakarlı
- Sancaklı
- Sarayköy
- Şeyhli
- Sivaslılar
- Söğütlü
- Şuayip
- Sütözü
- Taşlık
- Taşpınar
- Uludere
- Uzungazi
- Yalı
- Yeni
- Yenicami
- Yenidoğan
- Yerli
- Yukarısöğütlü
- Yukarıtaşpınar
- Yüksekyayla
- Yunus Emre
See also
References
- ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ Richard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, (ISBN 0-691-03169-X), Map 87 & notes.
- ^ "Village of Amazons to be recreated in Samsun park - Today's Zaman, your gateway to Turkish daily news". Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
- ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
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