Kavak is a municipality and
district
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...
of
Samsun Province
Samsun Province ( tr, Samsun ili) 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 ea ...
,
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...
. Its area is 697 km
2, and its population is 22,747 (2022).
Kavak is located 51 km away from
Samsun
Samsun, historically known as Sampsounta ( gr, Σαμψούντα) and Amisos (Ancient Greek: Αμισός), is a city on the north coast of Turkey and is a major Black Sea port. In 2021, Samsun recorded a population of 710,000 people. The cit ...
. It has 600 m height from the sea level. The mayor is İbrahim Sarıcaoğlu (AKP).
Kavak is located on the Samsun-Ankara highway, which brings it economical and social advantages. The most important source of income for Kavak is chicken farms.
Yaşar Doğu
Yaşar Doğu (1913 – 8 January 1961) was a renowned Turkish Wrestler, World and Olympic champion in Greco-Roman and Freestyle of Circassian descent.
Biography
He was born in the village Karlı of Kavak district in Samsun province to a fam ...
- Olympic gold medalist sports wrestler was born in Kavak district.
Composition
There are 91
neighbourhoods
A neighbourhood (British English, Irish English, Australian English and Canadian English) or neighborhood (American English; American and British English spelling differences, see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community ...
in Kavak District:
Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
* 19 Mayıs
* Ağcakese
* Ahırlı
* Akbelen
* Alaçam
* Alagömlek
* Aşağıçirişli
* Atayurt
* Azaklı
* Bahçelievler
* Başalan
* Bayındır
* Bayraklı
* Bekdemir
* Belalan
* Beybesli
* Beyköy
* Boğaziçi
* Bükceğiz
* Büyükçukur
* Çakallı
* Çalbaşı
* Çarıklıbaşı
* Çataltepe
* Çayırlı
* Celalli
* Çiçekyazı
* Çiğdem
* Çivril
* Çukurbük
* Değirmencili
* Demirci
* Dereköy
* Divanbaşı
* Doruk
* Duman
* Dura
* Emirli
* Germiyan
* Göçebe
* Güneyce
* Hacılı
* İdrisli
* İkizdere
* Ilıcaköy
* Kapıhayat
* Karacaarslan
* Karacalar
* Karadağ
* Karantı
* Karapınar
* Karayusuflu
* Karlı
* Kartepe
* Kayabaşı
* Kayaköy
* Kazancı
* Kethuda
* Köseli
* Kozansıkı
* Küçükçukur
* Kurşunlu
* Kuzalan
* Mahmutbeyli
* Mahmutlu
* Mehmetpaşa
* Mert
* Muhsinli
* Muratbeyli
* Ortaköy
* Sarıalan
* Şeyhli
* Şeyhresul
* Seyitali
* Sıralı
* Soğuksu
* Susuz
* Tabaklı
* Talışman
* Tatarmuslu
* Tekkeköy
* Tepecik
* Toptepe
* Üçhanlar
* Yaşardoğu
* Yenicami
* Yenigün
* Yeralan
* Yosunlu
* Yukarı Dereköy
* Yukarıçirişli
References
Populated places in Samsun Province
Districts of Samsun Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
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