Maçka ( el, Ματζούκα, Matzoúka, the "club";
Laz: მაჩხა ''Maçxa'') is a town and district of
Trabzon Province in the
Black Sea region of
Turkey. The name derives from the medieval Greek ''
Matzouka
The Matzouka ( el, Ματζούκα, tr, Maçuka) was a geographical area and administrative subdivisionThe Empire of Trebizond was organised into seven ''banda'', comprising from west to east Trikomia, Palaiomatzouka, Matzouka, Trebizond, Gemora, ...
'', which was one of the provinces of the
Empire of Trebizond
The Empire of Trebizond, or Trapezuntine Empire, was a monarchy and one of three successor rump states of the Byzantine Empire, along with the Despotate of the Morea and the Principality of Theodoro, that flourished during the 13th through to t ...
. In Ottoman times, the area formed the ''
nahiye
A nāḥiyah ( ar, , plural ''nawāḥī'' ), also nahiya or nahia, is a regional or local type of administrative division that usually consists of a number of villages or sometimes smaller towns. In Tajikistan, it is a second-level division w ...
'' of ''Maçuka''.
Gallery
File:Sumela Showing Location.JPG, Sumela Monastery in the Maçka district of Trabzon, on the Pontic Mountains.
File:Trabzonhouse.jpg, A traditional rural Pontic house in Livera village, Maçka district, Trabzon.
See also
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Maçka (disambiguation) Maçka may refer to:
Places
* Maçka, a district of Trabzon Province in Turkey
* Maçka, İstanbul, a neighbourhood within the Nişantaşı quarter of the Şişli district in Istanbul
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References
External links
District governor's official websiteMatsouka (Maçka)
Populated places in Trabzon Province
Districts of Trabzon Province
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