Terme (formerly spelled ''Termeh'';

Ancient Greek Ancient Greek (, ; ) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the classical antiquity, ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Greek ...

: Thèrmae, Θέρμαι) 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, municip ...

Samsun Province Samsun Province () is a province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey on the Black Sea coast. Its area is 9,725 km2, and its population is 1,368,488 (2022). Its adjacent provinces are Sinop on the northwest, Çorum on the west, Amasy ...

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

. Its area is 548 km², and its population is 71,092 (2022). Terme is located on

Terme River The Terme River (; ; , rendered Thermodon) is a short river in Samsun Province, Turkey draining into the Black Sea. Its sources are in the Pontic Mountains. It runs through the fertile Çarşamba plain to Salıpazarı, where it splits into th ...

, about 5 km from its mouth, on the eastern end of the

Çarşamba Plain The Çarşamba Plain, the ancient Themiscyra Plain (; ''Themiskyra''), is a plain on the Black Sea coast of Turkey, formed largely of the delta of the Yeşilırmak river (ancient Iris), but also traversed by the much smaller Terme (ancient Ther ...

. Terme or its environs are the site of the ancient city of Themiscyra, Θεμίσκυρα. Terme District is the site of an annual festival celebrating the

Amazons The Amazons (Ancient Greek: ', singular '; in Latin ', ') were a people in Greek mythology, portrayed in a number of ancient epic poems and legends, such as the Labours of Hercules, Labours of Heracles, the ''Argonautica'' and the ''Iliad''. ...

, an ancient nation of all-female warriors who, according to Greek myth, were believed to have lived in the

Samsun Samsun is a List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, city on the north coast of Turkey and a major Black Sea port. The urban area recorded a population of 738,692 in 2022. The city is the capital of Samsun Province which has a population of ...

region.

Composition

There are 82

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 Terme District:Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. * Ahmetbey * Akbucak * Akçagün * Akçay * Akçaykaracalı * Altınlı * Ambartepe * Aşağıhüseyinmescit * Aybeder * Bafracalı * Bağsaray * Bahçelievler * Bazlamaç * Beşikli * Çağlayan * Çamlıca * Çanaklı * Çangallar * Çardak * Çay * Cılar Mahallesi * Cumhuriyet * Dağdıralı * Dereyolu * Dibekli * Dutluk * Elmaköy * Elmalık * Emiryusuf * Erenköy * Etyemezli * Evci * Eyercili * Fenk * Geçmiş * Gökçeağaç * Gölyazı * Gündoğdu * Hüseyinmescit * İlimdağ * İmanalisi * Karacaköy * Karacalı * Karamahmut * Karkucak * Kazımkarabekirpaşa * Kesikkaya * Kocaman * Kocamanbaşı * Köybucağı * Kozluk * Kumcığaz * Kuşça * Kuşçulu * Mescitköy * Meşeyazı * Muratlı * Oğuzlu * Örencik * Ortasöğütlü * Özyurt * Sakarlı * Sancaklı * Sarayköy * Şeyhli * Sivaslılar * Söğütlü * Şuayip * Sütözü * Taşlık * Taşpınar * Uludere * Uzungazi * Yalı * Yeni * Yenicami * Yenidoğan * Yerli * Yukarısöğütlü * Yukarıtaşpınar * Yüksekyayla * Yunus Emre

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Populated places in Samsun Province Fishing communities in Turkey Districts of Samsun Province Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey {{Samsun-geo-stub

Composition

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