Araklı (from
Greek
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"Ηράκλεια" - ''Erakleia'') is a municipality and
district
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of
Trabzon Province
Trabzon Province () is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality of Turkey on the Black Sea coast. Its area is 4,628 km2, and its population is 818,023 (2022). Located in a strategic ...
,
Turkey
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. Its area is 464 km
2, and its population is 48,581 (2022).
The mayor is Recep Çebi (
AKP). It is also claimed that the name "Araklı" is derived from 'Arakale', "the castle in the middle" in Turkish.
Composition
There are 50
neighbourhoods
A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ...
in Araklı District:
Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
* Aytaş
* Ayvadere
* Bahçecik
* Bereketli
* Birlik
* Buzluca
* Çamlıca
* Çamlıktepe
* Çankaya
* Çiftepınar
* Çukurçayır
* Değirmencik
* Erenler
* Erikli
* Halilli
* Hasköy
* Hürriyet
* İyisu
* Kalecik
* Karatepe
* Karşıyaka
* Kayacık
* Kayaiçi
* Kaymaklı
* Kestanelik
* Köprüüstü
* Kükürtlü
* Merkez
* Merkezköy
* Ortaköy
* Özgen
* Pervane
* Sulakyurt
* Sularbaşı
* Taşgeçit
* Taşönü
* Taştepe
* Türkeli
* Turnalı
* Yalıboyu
* Yassıkaya
* Yeniköy
* Yeşilce
* Yeşilköy
* Yeşilyurt
* Yiğitözü
* Yıldızlı
* Yolgören
* Yoncalı
* Yüceyurt
See also
* Araklı Arena
References
External links
*
District governor's official website
A local online guide to Araklı
A local website about Araklı
Populated places in Trabzon Province
Fishing communities in Turkey
Populated coastal places in Turkey
Districts of Trabzon Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
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