Maçka
Maçka | |
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District and municipality | |
 Map showing Maçka District in Trabzon Province | |
  Maçka Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 40°48′43″N 39°36′47″E / 40.81194°N 39.61306°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Trabzon |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Koray Koçhan (AK Parti) |
Area | 925 km2 (357 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 470 m (1,540 ft) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 24,709 |
| • Density | 26.7/km2 (69.2/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Postal code | 61750 |
| Area code | 0462 |
| Climate | Cfb |
| Website | www |
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Maçka (Greek: Ματζούκα, romanized: Matzoúka; Laz and Georgian: მაჩხა Maçxa) is a municipality and district of Trabzon province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 925 km2,[3] and its population is 24,709 (2022).[1] The name derives from Laz მაჩხა (maçxa), rendered in medieval Greek as Matzouka, which was one of the provinces of the Empire of Trebizond. In Ottoman times, the area formed the nahiye of Maçuka. The Greek Orthodox Sumela Monastery and Vazelon Monastery are located in the district.
Name and Etymology
[edit]Among the local population, in addition to the form Maçka, a variant form Maşka is also used. The name is Laz in origin and derives respectively from the word მაჩხა (maçxa), მაშხა (maşxa), which correspond in Mingrelian to მარჩხა (marçxa) and in Georgian to მარჩხი (marçxi). Its meanings are: 1. wooden trough made to channel water to a specific place; 2. A waterfall; 3. A wooden trough made for drinking water from springs; 4. A side channel carrying water to a mill; 5. Shallow water; 6. A water-bearing rock.[4]
Composition
[edit]There are 67 neighbourhoods in Maçka District:[5]
- Akarsu
- Akmescit
- Alaçam
- Alataş
- Altındere
- Anayurt
- Ardıçlıyayla
- Armağan
- Atasu
- Bağışlı
- Bahçekaya
- Bakımlı
- Bakırcılar
- Barışlı
- Başar
- Çamlıdüz
- Çatak
- Çayırlar
- Çeşmeler
- Çıralı
- Coşandere
- Dikkaya
- Erginköy
- Esiroğlu
- Fatih
- Gayretli
- Günay
- Güney
- Gürgenağaç
- Güzelce
- Güzelyayla
- Hamsiköy
- Hızarlı
- Kapıköy
- Kaynarca
- Kırantaş
- Kiremitli
- Konak
- Köprüyanı
- Kozağaç
- Kuşçu
- Mataracı
- Merkez
- Ocaklı
- Oğulağaç
- Öğütlü
- Ormaniçi
- Ormanüstü
- Örnekalan
- Ortaköy
- Reşadiye
- Sevinç
- Şimşirli
- Sındıran
- Sukenarı
- Temelli
- Üçgedik
- Yaylabaşı
- Yazılıtaş
- Yazlık
- Yeni Atasu
- Yeniköy
- Yeşiltepe Mahallesi
- Yeşilyurt
- Yukarıköy
- Yüzüncüyıl
- Zaferli
Gallery
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City center of Maçka -
Sumela Monastery in the Pontic Mountains -
A traditional rural Pontic house in Livera (Yazlık) -
Hamsiköy -
Yazlık
Twin towns – Sister cities
[edit]Maçka is twinned with:
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi Archived 2015-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ Gogokhia, Bakur, "Derenin Ötesindeki Manastır – Sumela (Adının Tarihi, Kökeni ve Anlamı)", History, Archaeology, Ethnology – ისტორია, არქეოლოგია, ეთნოლოგია, No XIV (2025), Gori State University, 2025, p. 212; ISSN 2449-285X (in Turkish).
- ^ Mahalle Archived 2015-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ Karesi ve Maçka kardeş şehir oldu (in Turkish)
External links
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- District governor's official website (in Turkish)
- Matsouka (Maçka) Archived 2016-02-28 at the Wayback Machine
- Maçka (in Turkish)
- Maçka haritası (in Turkish)
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