Çatalpınar is a town and district of
Ordu Province
Ordu Province ( tr, ) 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. Its license-plate code is 52.
The capi ...
in the
Black Sea
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region of
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 ...
, 56 km from the city of
Ordu
Ordu () or Altınordu is a port city on the Black Sea coast of Turkey, historically also known as Cotyora or Kotyora ( pnt, Κοτύωρα), and the capital of Ordu Province with a population of 229,214 in the city center.
Name
Kotyora, the ori ...
and 20 km from the town of
Fatsa
Fatsa is a town and a district of Ordu Province in the central Black Sea region of Turkey. Population from Fatsa is more than 115,000.
Name
The oldest recorded name of the town is Polemonion ( grc, Πολεμώνιον, Latinized as Polemonium) ...
. According to the 2000 census, population of the district is 23,192 of which 10,265 live in the town of Çatalpınar.
The district covers an area of ,
and the town lies at an elevation of .
The local economy depends on agriculture, particularly growing
hazelnuts and grazing animals. There is a mineral water spring in the village of ''Elmaköy''.
Notes
References
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External links
District governor's official website
Road map of Çatalpınar and environsDetailed map of Çatalpınar district
Populated places in Ordu Province
Districts of Ordu Province
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