Sinop Province ( tr, Sinop ili ; el, Σινώπη, ''Sinopi'') is a

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...

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, along the

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. It is located between 41 and 42 degrees North latitude and between 34 and 35 degrees East longitude. The surface area is 5,862 km², equivalent to 0.8% of Turkey's surface area. The borders total 475 km and consists of 300 km of land and 175 km seaside borders. Its adjacent provinces are

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on the west,

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on the south, and

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on the southeast. The provincial capital is the city of

Sinop Sinop can refer to: * Sinop, Turkey, a city on the Black Sea ** Sinop Nuclear Power Plant, was planned in 2013, but cancelled in 2018 ** Battle of Sinop, 1853 naval battle in the Sinop port *** Russian ship ''Sinop'', Russian ships named after the ...

Geography

Rivers

Kızılırmak, Gökırmak, Sarsak çay, Karasu, Ayancık Suyu, Tepeçay, Çakıroğlu, KanlıdereSinop geography (tr)

Lakes

Sülüklü, Sarıkum

Bays

Hamsilos Bay Hamsilos Bay (also called Hamsalos) is a Black Sea bay in Sinop Province, Turkey Geography Hamsilos Bay at is to the west of Sinop and to the east of İnceburun Lighthouse. The highway distance to Sinop is . It is situated at the west end of A ...

History

It was part of Kastamonu Vilayet during the late

Ottoman period The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

Districts

Sinop province is divided into 9

districts 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 counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

(capital district in bold): *

Ayancık Ayancık is a town and district of Sinop Province in the Black Sea Region, Black Sea region of Turkey. The mayor is Hayrettin Kaya (Republican People's Party, CHP). History In the late 19th and early 20th century, Ayancık was part of the Kastamon ...

Boyabat Boyabat is a town and district of Sinop Province in the Black Sea Region, Turkey, Black Sea region of Turkey. The mayor is Mehmet Ermiş (Justice and Development Party (Turkey), AKP). Boyabat has a population of 50,000 in the town itself. The t ...

* Dikmen * Durağan * Erfelek * Gerze * Saraydüzü *

* Türkeli

References

External links

Sinop governor's official website

Sinop municipality's official website

Sinop local news website
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