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. Its area is 697 km
2, and its population is 22,747 (2022).
Kavak is located 51 km away from Samsun. 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 - Olympic gold medalist sports wrestler was born in Kavak district.
Composition
There are 91 mahalle, neighbourhoods 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
Kavak, Samsun,
Populated places in Samsun Province
Districts of Samsun Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
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