Trabzon
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Summary
Trabzon is a metropolitan municipality in Turkey[1]. Trabzon draws 9,105 Wikipedia views per month (metropolitan municipality in turkey category, ranking #7 of 25).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Trabzon Province[3]
- Country: Turkey[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Black Sea[5]
- Instance of: big city[6], city[7]
- Official language: Turkish[8]
- Twinned administrative body: Zanjan[9], Rasht[10], Amasya[11], Dortmund[12], Batumi[13], Sochi[14], Bishkek[15]
- Postal code: 61000[16]
- Part of: Eastern Karadeniz[17]
- Commons category: Trabzon[18]
- Local dialing code: 462[19]
- Located in/on physical feature: Black Sea Region[20]
- Official website: https://www.trabzon.bel.tr/[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:Trabzon[22]
- Commons gallery: Trabzon[23]
- Population: 816,684[24], 312,060[25], 768,417[26], 766,782[27], 758,237[28], 396,646[29], 390,797[30], 408,103[31], 415,652[32], 824,352[33]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Trabzon[34]
- Described by source: Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[35], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[36], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[37], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[38], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[39], Meyer’s Universum, Zwanzigster Band[40]
- Replaces: Trabzon[41]
- Capital of: Trebizond vilayet[42], Empire of Trebizond[43], Trabzon Province[44]
- Official name: Trabzon[45], Трабзон[46]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Trabzon[47]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Trabzon[48]
- Native label: Trabzon[49]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Trabzon[50]
- Different from: Trabzon Province[51]
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Physical Characteristics
Trabzon covers an area of 4685 km²[52]. Trabzon sits at an elevation of 0 m[53].
Cultural Significance
Things named for Trabzon include Trabzon Airport[54], an airport[55], in Turkey[56] and Metropolis of Trapezus[57], a metropolis[58], in Byzantine Empire[59], founded in 0325[60].
Why It Matters
Trabzon has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] Trabzon is known by 90 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]
Entities named for Trabzon include Trabzon Airport[54], an airport[55], in Turkey[56] and Metropolis of Trapezus[57], a metropolis[58], in Byzantine Empire[59], founded in 0325[60].