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Amasya Province is a
provinceTurkey is divided into 81 provinces, called il in Turkish .A province is administered by an appointed governor , and was formerly termed a "governorate" ....
of
TurkeyTurkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
, situated on the Yeşil River in the Black Sea Region to the north of the country. Area 5,520 km². Population 334,786.
Its provincial capital is
Amasya- History :Its location in this steep valley makes the city a mountain stronghold, easy to defend, and thus Amasya has had a long and prominent history.-Antiquity:...
, the antique
Amaseia mentioned in documents from the era of
Alexander the Great and the birth place of the geographer and historian
StraboStrabo, also written Strabon was a Greek historian, geographer and philosopher.-Life:Strabo was born to an affluent family from Amaseia in Pontus , a city which he said was situated the approximate equivalent of 75 km from the Black Sea...
. In Ottoman times Amasya was well known for its madrassas, especially as a centre for the Khalwati Sufi order.
Geography
Despite being near the
Black SeaThe Black Sea is bounded by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean and the Aegean seas and various straits. The Bosphorus strait connects it to the Sea of Marmara, and the strait of the Dardanelles connects that sea to the Aegean...
Amasya is at a high altitude and has a dry climate with hot summers and cold winters. Amasya is an agricultural province known as the best apple growing province in the country, and also producing tobacco, peaches, cherries and okra.
Districts
Amasya province is divided into 7
districtsThe 81 provinces of Turkey are divided into 957 districts . In the early Turkish Republic and in the Ottoman Empire, the corresponding unit was the kaza....
(capital district in
bold):
- Amasya
- History :Its location in this steep valley makes the city a mountain stronghold, easy to defend, and thus Amasya has had a long and prominent history.-Antiquity:...
- Göynücek
Göynücek is a town and district of Amasya Province, lying just to the north of central Turkey, in the middle of the provinces of Tokat, Çorum and Yozgat. It covers an area of 578 km², and the population is 11,952 of which 2,325 live in the town of Göynücek, the majority spread throughout the...
- Gümüşhacıköy
Gümüşhacıköy is located in the westernmost district of Amasya Province of Turkey, 20 km from the larger town of Merzifon. It covers an area of 653 km², and the population is 24,806 of which 14,525 live in the town of Gümüşhacıköy, with the remainder spread throughout the surrounding...
- Hamamözü
Hamamözü is a town and district of Amasya Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It covers an area of 202 km², and the population is 4,508 of which 1,411 live in the town of Hamamözü, the majority spread throughout the surrounding countryside. The population has shrunk 13% since 1990. It has...
- Merzifon
Merzifon is a town and district in Amasya Province in the central Black Sea region of Turkey. It covers an area of 970 km², and the population is 69,237 of which 52,947 live in the town of Merzifon, the remainder spread throughout the surrounding countryside...
- Suluova
Suluova is a town and district of Amasya Province of Turkey, located on high ground inland within the central Black Sea region. It covers an area of 516km², and the population is 47,510 of which 37,669 live in the town of Suluova, the remainder spread throughout the surrounding countryside....
- Taşova
Taşova is a town and a district of Amasya Province of the central Black Sea region of Turkey. It covers an area of 1041 km², and the population is 33,138 of which 10,759 live in the town of Taşova, the majority spread throughout the surrounding countryside. Altitude is 230 m...
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