Ordu Province
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| Location of Ordu Province in Turkey | |
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| Region: | Black Sea Region, Turkey |
| Area: | 6,001 (km²) |
| Total Population | 890,781 TUIK 2006 (est) |
| Licence plate code: | 52 |
| Area code: | 0452 |
| Governor Website | http://www.ordu.gov.tr |
| Weather forecast | turkeyforecast.com/weather/ordu |
Ordu is a province of Turkey, located on the Black Sea coast. Its adjacent provinces are Samsun to the northwest, Tokat to the southwest, Sivas to the south, and Giresun to the east. The capital of the province is the city of Ordu.
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[edit] Etymology
"Ordu" means 'army' in the Turkish language (and the word has come down in modern English as the word horde). However the etymology of this Turkish province is not related to this word, it is an adaptation of Cotyora, the earlier Greek language place name.
[edit] Geography
Ordu is a strip of Black Sea coast and the hills behind, historically an agricultural and fishing area and in recent years, tourism has seen an increase, mainly visitors from Russia and Georgia, as Ordu boasts some of the best beaches, rivers, and lush, green mountains on the Black Sea coast. Walking in the high pastures is now a popular excusrion for Turkish holidaymakers.
Ordu is famous for hazelnuts. Turkey as a whole produces about 70 percent of the world's hazelnuts, and over 50 percent of those come from Ordu.[1] The recent drop in hazelnut prices however have led farmers to supplement their income with honeybees. The higher altitudes are covered in forest.
The province is home to a minority of Cheveneburi Georgians[2].
In recent decades many people from Ordu have migrated away to jobs in Istanbul or abroad.
[edit] Districts
Ordu province is divided into 19 districts (capital district in bold):
[edit] Places to see
Ordu has an attractive coast including pretty bays and the cleanest and longest beaches on this stretch of the Black Sea coast. Specific sites include:
- The Russian bazaar in the city of Ordu
- Boztepe - a 460 m hill above the city.
- Karagöl - a crater lake at 3107 m, above the plateau of Çambaşı
- Yason (Jason) point - a headland in Perşembe
- Çambaşı Yaylası a high plateau
[edit] Well-known residents
- Fikri Sönmez - left-wing mayor of Fatsa in the period leading up to the 1980 Turkish coup d'état
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- (Turkish) The provincial governorate
- www.wer52.de
- (Turkish) Ordum.Com local information
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| Urban districts | Ordu |   |
| Rural districts | Akkuş - Aybastı - Çamaş - Çatalpınar - Çaybaşı - Fatsa - Gölköy - Gülyalı - Gürgentepe - İkizce - Kabadüz - Kabataş - Korgan - Kumru - Mesudiye - Perşembe - Ulubey - Ünye | |
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