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Revision as of 12:35, 2 February 2006
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 large community of descendants of Islamicized Pontian Greeks.
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.
Subprovinces
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.
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
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)
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