Maçka (, the "club";
Laz: მაჩხა ''Maçxa'') 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 925 km
2, and its population is 24,709 (2022).
The name derives from the medieval Greek ''
Matzouka
The Matzouka (, ) 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, Sourmaina and Rhizaion, plus the ...
'', which was one of the provinces of the
Empire of Trebizond
The Empire of Trebizond or the Trapezuntine Empire was one of the three successor rump states of the Byzantine Empire that existed during the 13th through to the 15th century. The empire consisted of the Pontus, or far northeastern corner of A ...
. In Ottoman times, the area formed the ''
nahiye
A nāḥiyah ( , plural ''nawāḥī'' ), also nahiyeh, 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 divisi ...
'' of ''Maçuka''. The Greek Orthodox
Sumela Monastery
Sumela Monastery (, ''Moní Panagías Soumelá''; ) is a museum and former Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, Greek Orthodox monastery in the Pontic Mountains, in the Maçka district of Trabzon Province in modern Turkey.
Nestled in a ...
is located in the district.
Composition
There are 67
neighbourhoods
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in Maçka District:
* Akarsu
* Akmescit
* Alaçam
* Alataş
* Altındere
* Anayurt
* Ardıçlıyayla
* Armağan
* Atasu
* Bağışlı
* Bahçekaya
* Bakımlı
* Bakırcılar
* Barışlı
* Başar
* Çamlıdüz
* Çatak
* Çayırlar
* Çeşmeler
* Çıralı
* Coşandere
* Dikkaya
* Erginköy
* Esiroğlu
* Fatih
* Gayretli
* Günay
* Güney
* Gürgenağaç
* Güzelce
* Güzelyayla
* Hamsiköy
* Hızarlı
* Kapıköy
* Kaynarca
* Kırantaş
* Kiremitli
* Konak
* Köprüyanı
* Kozağaç
* Kuşçu
* Mataracı
* Merkez
* Ocaklı
* Oğulağaç
* Öğütlü
* Ormaniçi
* Ormanüstü
* Örnekalan
* Ortaköy
* Reşadiye
* Sevinç
* Şimşirli
* Sındıran
* Sukenarı
* Temelli
* Üçgedik
* Yaylabaşı
* Yazılıtaş
* Yazlık
* Yeni Atasu
* Yeniköy
* Yeşiltepe Mahallesi
* Yeşilyurt
* Yukarıköy
* Yüzüncüyıl
* Zaferli
Gallery
File:Maçka, Merkez, 61750 Maçka-Trabzon, Turkey - panoramio.jpg, City center of Maçka
File:Sumela Showing Location.JPG, Sumela Monastery
Sumela Monastery (, ''Moní Panagías Soumelá''; ) is a museum and former Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, Greek Orthodox monastery in the Pontic Mountains, in the Maçka district of Trabzon Province in modern Turkey.
Nestled in a ...
in the Pontic Mountains
The Pontic Mountains or Pontic Alps (, meaning 'North Anatolian Mountains'), form a mountain range in northern Anatolia, Turkey. They are also known as the "Parhar Mountains" in the local Turkish and Pontic Greek languages. The term ''Parhar'' ...
File:Trabzonhouse.jpg, A traditional rural Pontic house in Livera (Yazlık)
File:Hamsiköy - panoramio.jpg, Hamsiköy
File:61750 Yazlık-Maçka-Trabzon, Turkey - panoramio.jpg, Yazlık
Twin towns – Sister cities
Maçka is
twinned with:
*
Karesi
The Karasids or Karasid dynasty (; ), also known as the Principality of Karasi and Beylik of Karasi (''Karasi Beyliği'' or ''Karesi Beyliği'' ), was a Turkish Anatolian beylik (principality) in the area of classical Mysia (modern Balıkesir and ...
, Turkey (since 2015)
Karesi ve Maçka kardeş şehir oldu
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References
External links
District governor's official website
Matsouka (Maçka)Maçka
Maçka haritası
Populated places in Trabzon Province
Districts of Trabzon Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
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