Trabzon

Trabzon
Ceety
Trabzon Location o Trabzon within Turkey.
Coordinates: 41°00′N 39°44′E
Kintra	Turkey
Province	Trabzon
Govrenment
• Mayor	Orhan Fevzi Gümrükçüoğlu (AKP)
Area
• Destrict	188.85 km2 (72.92 sq mi)
Elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2012)
• Urban	243,735
• Destrict	312060
• Destrict density	1,700/km2 (4,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	61xxx
Area code(s)	(+90) 462
Licence plate	61

Trabzon (Turkis pronunciation: [ˈtrabzon]) is a ceety on the Black Sea coast o north-eastren Turkey an the caipital o Trabzon Province. Trabzon, locatit on the historical Silk Road, acame a meltin pot o releegions, leids an cultur for centuries an a tred gateway tae Iran in the sootheast an the Caucasus tae the northeast. The Venetian an Genoese merchants peyed visits tae Trebizond during the medieval period an sauld silk, linen an woolen fabric; wi the Republic o Genoa havin an important merchant colony within the ceety that wis seemilar tae Galata near Constantinople (north athort the Gowden Horn) in present-day Istanbul. Trabzon furmed the basis o several states in its lang history an wis the caipital ceety o the Empire o Trebizond atween 1204 an 1461. During the Ottoman period, Trabzon, acause o the importance o its port, acame a focal pynt o tred tae Iran an the Caucasus. The population o the centre urban is 230,399 (2009 census).

Internaitional relations

Twin touns—Sister ceeties

Trabzon is twinned wi:

Amasya, Turkey Batumi, Georgie, syne 2000 Dortmund, Germany, syne 2013 Kuopio, Finland, syne 1977 Kaunas, Lithuanie, syne 1987 Purwakarta, Indonesie syne 2011

Rasht, Iran, syne 2000 Rizhao, Cheenae, syne 1997 Sochi, Roushie, syne 1993 Szigetvár, Hungary, syne 1998 Zanjan, Iran, syne 2001