Kabataş, formerly Karay, 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 ...
. According to the 2000 census, population of the district is 20,644 of which 9,211 live in the town of Kabataş.
The district covers an area of ,
and the town lies at an elevation of .
Formerly the village of ''Karay'', Kabataş is in the
Canik Mountains, 40 km inland from the
Black Sea
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coast. The area was conquered by the
Anatolian beylik of
Hacı Emiroğulları in 1380.
Notes
References
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External links
District governor's official website
District municipality's official website
Road map of Kabataş and environs
Populated places in Ordu Province
Districts of Ordu Province
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