Black Sea Region, Turkey

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Black Sea Region

Provinces

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Black Sea Region

Population

The Black Sea region's population is 8,439,213 based on the 2000 census. 4,137,166 people live in cities and 4,301,747 people in villages. This makes it the only one of the seven regions of Turkey in which more people live in rural rather than urban areas. The population growth rate is 3.65‰, the lowest rate among all regions in Turkey.1

Geography

The Black Sea region has a steep, rocky coast with rivers that cascade through the gorges of the coastal ranges. A few larger rivers, those cutting back through the Pontic Mountains (Doğu Karadeniz Dağları), have tributaries that flow in broad, elevated basins. Access inland from the coast is limited to a few narrow valleys because mountain ridges, with elevations of 1,525 to 1,800 meters in the west and 3,000 to 4,000 meters in the east in Kaçkar Mountains, form an almost unbroken wall separating the coast from the interior. The higher slopes facing northwest tend to be densely forested. Because of these natural conditions, the Black Sea coast historically has been isolated from Anatolia.

Running from Zonguldak in the west to Rize in the east, the narrow coastal strip widens at several places into fertile, intensely cultivated deltas. The Samsun area, close to the midpoint, is a major tobacco-growing region; east of it are numerous citrus groves. East of Samsun, the area around Trabzon is world-renowned for the production of hazelnuts, and farther east the Rize region has numerous tea plantations. All cultivable areas, including mountain slopes wherever they are not too steep, are sown or used as pasture. The mild, damp climate of the Black Sea coast makes commercial farming profitable. The western part of the Black Sea region, especially the Zonguldak area, is a center of coal mining and heavy industry.

The North Anatolian Mountains in the north are an interrupted chain of folded highlands that generally parallel the Black Sea coast. In the west, the mountains tend to be low, with elevations rarely exceeding 1,500 meters, but they rise in an easterly direction to heights greater than 3,000 meters south of Rize. Lengthy, troughlike valleys and basins characterize the mountains. Rivers flow from the mountains toward the Black Sea. The southern slopes—facing the Anatolian Plateau—are mostly unwooded, but the northern slopes contain dense growths of both deciduous and evergreen trees. 2

Climate and Nature

Agriculture and stockbreeding

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Tourism

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External links

References

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2. From Geography of Turkey, Black Sea


Census-defined regions of Turkey
Aegean Region | Black Sea Region |Central Anatolia Region |East Anatolia Region |Marmara Region |Mediterranean Region |Southeastern Anatolia Region
Amasya is a province of Turkey, situated on the Yeşil River in the Black Sea Region to the north of the country. Area 5,520 km². Population 352,452.

Its provincial capital is Amasya, the antique Amaesia
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Artvin (Armenian: Արդվին) is a province in Turkey, on the Black Sea coast in the north-eastern corner of the country, on the border with Georgia (country).

The provincial capital is the city of Artvin.
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Bayburt Province is a political province in the north-east of Turkey with capital Bayburt. Population of province is 85,455 and total area is 3,652 km².

Districts

Bayburt province is divided into 3 districts (capital district in bold):
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Bolu is a province in north western in the Black Sea region of Turkey, midpoint between the large cities of Istanbul and Ankara. It covers an area of 7,410 km², and the population is 263,619.
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Çorum is a province in the Black Sea region of Turkey, but lying inland and having more characteristics of Central Anatolia than the Black Sea coast.

With important archaeological sites going back 5,000 years and a unique natural beauty, Çorum is attractive to visitors.
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Düzce is a province in northwestern Turkey. It is on the coastline of the Black Sea and is traversed by the main highway between İstanbul and Ankara. The main town is Düzce. There are Greek ruins in the province.
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Giresun is a province of Turkey on the Black Sea coast. Its adjacent provinces are Trabzon to the east, Gümüşhane to the south-west, Erzincan to the south, Sivas to the south-east, and Ordu to the west. The provincial capital is Giresun.
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Karabük is a province in northern central Turkey.

The main city is Karabük which is located about 200 km north of Ankara and about 100 km south of the Black Sea coast.
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Kastamonu is one of the provinces of Turkey, in the Black Sea region, to the north of the country. It is surrounded by Sinop to the east, Bartın and Karabük to the west, Çankırı to the south, Çorum to the south east and the Black Sea to the north.
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Ordu is a province of Turkey, located on the Black Sea coast. Its adjacent provinces are Samsun to the northwest, Tokat to the southwest, Sivas to the south, and Giresun to the east. The capital of the province is the city of Ordu.
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Rize is a province of north-east Turkey, on the eastern Black Sea coast between Trabzon and Artvin. Its capital is the city of Rize.

Etymology

The name comes from Greek ριζα (riza), meaning "mountain slopes".
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Samsun is a province of Turkey on the Black Sea coast with a population of 1,209,137 (2000). Its adjacent provinces are Sinop on the northwest, Çorum on the west, Amasya on the south, Tokat on the southeast, and Ordu on the east. It's traffic code is 55.
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Sinop is a province of Turkey, along the Black Sea. It is located between 41 and 42 degrees North latitude and between 34 and 35 degrees East longitude. The surface area is 5,862 km², equivalent to 0.8% of Turkey's surface area.
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Tokat is a province in northern Turkey. Its adjacent provinces are Amasya to the northwest, Yozgat to the southwest, Sivas to the southeast, and Ordu to the northeast. Its capital is Tokat, which lies inland of the middle Black Sea region, 422 kilometers from Ankara.
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Trabzon is a province of Turkey on the Black Sea coast. It has a population of 1,061,055 (2006 est). Neighbouring provinces are Giresun to the west, Gümüşhane to the southwest, Bayburt to the southeast and Rize to the east.
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Zonguldak is a province along the western Black Sea coast region of Turkey. The province is 3.481 km² in size and has a population of 558,645. Its adjacent provinces are Duzce to the southwest, Bolu to the south, Karabük to the southeast, and Bartın to the east.
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Turkey is situated in Anatolia and Southeastern Europe (that portion of Turkey west of the Bosphorus is geographically part of Europe, and Anatolia is part of Southwestern Asia), bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Georgia, and bordering the Aegean Sea and the
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Motto
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Peace at Home, Peace in the World
Anthem
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Aegean Region (Ege Bölgesi), is one of the 7 census-defined regions of Turkey.
It is located in the west part of the country, bounded by Aegean sea (Ege Denizi) on the west, Marmara region on the north, Mediterranean region on the south & southwest and Central Anatolia region
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Central Anatolia Region (İç Anadolu Bölgesi)

Provinces

  • Aksaray Province
  • Ankara Province
  • Çankırı Province
  • Eskişehir Province
  • Karaman Province
  • Kayseri Province
  • Kırıkkale Province
  • Kırşehir Province

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Eastern Anatolia Region (Turkish: Doğu Anadolu Bölgesi) encompasses the eastern provinces of Turkey, and it is one of the 7 non-administrative sub-divisions used for census purposes.
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The Mediterranean Region (Turkish: Akdeniz Bölgesi) is one of the seven geographical regions of Turkey. It borders the Aegean Region to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, the Southeastern Anatolia Region to the east, and the
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Southeastern Anatolia Region (Turkish: Güneydoğu Anadolu Bölgesi)

Provinces

  • Adıyaman Province
  • Batman Province
  • Diyarbakır Province
  • Gaziantep Province
  • Kilis Province
  • Mardin Province
  • Şanlıurfa Province

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