Trabzon Province

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Trabzon is a province of Turkey on the Black Sea coast. It has a population of 979,081 (2000 census). Neighboring provinces are Giresun to the west, Gümüşhane to the southwest, Bayburt to the southeast and Rize to the east. The provincial capital is Trabzon city, and the traffic code is 61. The province is home to a small community of Muslim Pontic Greek-speakers.

1 History
2 Subprovinces
3 Population History
- 3.1 Ottoman era 1903 census
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] History

The city was founded, as Trapezus, by Greek colonists from Sinop. An important Roman and Byzantine centre, it was the capital of the Empire of Trebizond from 1204 to 1461. Trabzon was made part of the Ottoman Empire by Mehmet the Conqueror in 1461. It was initially a sanjak then gained the status of eyalet and finally became a vilayet in 1868.

[edit] Subprovinces

Traditional rural Pontic house in Livera village of Maçka district

Trabzon province has 17 subprovinces (in Turkish: İlçe), not counting the central subprovince which carries the province's name. Nine of these are along the 114 km coast line: (From West to East) Beşikdüzü, Vakfıkebir, Çarşıbaşı, Akçaabat, Yomra, Arsin, Araklı, Sürmene and Of. The remaining subprovinces are located inland: Tonya, Düzköy, Şalpazarı, Maçka, Köprübaşı, Dernekpazarı, Hayrat and Çaykara. Among these Beşikdüzü and Şalpazarı gained subprovince status in 1988, and Çarşıbaşı, Düzköy, Köprübaşı, Dernekpazarı and Hayrat in 1990.

[edit] Population History

2000 - 979,081
1997 - 858,687
1990 - 795,849
1985 - 786,194
1980 - 731,045
1975 - 719,008
1970 - 659,120
1965 - 595,782
1960 - 532,999
1955 - 462,249
1950 - 420,279
1945 - 395,733
1940 - 390,733
1935 - 360,679
1927 - 290,303

[edit] Ottoman era 1903 census

(This refers to a previous province which covered a wider area of NE Turkey)

Muslim 972,981 (489,890 male, 483,091 female)
Greek Orthodox 185,784 (93,871 male, 91,913 female)
Armenian Gregorian 50,233 (25,444 male, 24,789 female)
Armenian Catholic 1,506 (755 male, 751 female)
Armenian Protestant 1,140 (575 male, 565 female)
TOTAL 1,211,644 (610,535 male, 601,109 female)

[edit] See also

Pontic Greeks

[edit] External links

Image:Trabzon Turkey Provinces locator.gif	Districts of Trabzon	Image:Flag of Turkey.svg
Trabzon \| Akçaabat \| Araklı \| Arsin \| Beşikdüzü \| Çarşıbaşı \| Çaykara \| Dernekpazarı \| Düzköy \| Hayrat \| Köprübaşı \| Maçka \| Of \| Sürmene \| Şalpazarı \| Tonya \| Vakfıkebir \| Yomra