Middle East
Turkey
Samsun Province

Canik

Canik is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 264 km2, and its population is 100,641. It is located to the east of the city center of Samsun.
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  • Type: Town with 99,400 residents
  • Description: ilçe (district), administrative county of Samsun, northern Turkey
  • Also known as: “Canik district”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Samsun railway station and Samsun Gazi Museum.

Railway station
Photo: Robot8A, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Samsun Station is the main at-grade train station belonging to Turkish State Railways, located in the İstasyon neighborhood of the district of .

Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a museum dedicated to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in , . The museum is at in the secondary municipality of . It is situated in Mecidiye Cad. at Kale neighborhood in the city center.

Mosque
Photo: Cobija, CC0.
is a mosque located in Ilkadim district of , . The mosque is a prominent architectural landmark in the city center due to both its location and unique architectural style.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Samsun and İlkadım.

Photo: 𐰇𐱅𐰚𐰤, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, in the region of Turkey, is the largest city on the Turkish Black Sea coast. In 2021 it had a population of 710,000, with about as many more in its surrounding province.

Town
Photo: Hüseyin Öcal, CC BY 3.0.
is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 155 km2, and its population is 333,518. It is located on the coast of .

Suburb
is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 11,214. It lies between two military areas. is situated 5 km northwest of Canik.

Canik

Latitude
41.2671° or 41° 16′ 2″ north
Longitude
36.3556° or 36° 21′ 20″ east
Population
99,400
Elevation
279 metres (915 feet)
Open location code
8GHR7984+V7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 966598785
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
9549574
Wiki­data ID
Q2634212
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yoruba—“Canik” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جانك”
  • Arabic: “جَانِك”
  • Armenian: “Ջանիկ”
  • Asturian: “Canik (distritu)”
  • Asturian: “Canik”
  • Catalan: “Canik”
  • Catalan: “Tchan”
  • Catalan: “Tchanètia”
  • Catalan: “Tsan”
  • Catalan: “Tsanètia”
  • Catalan: “Tsaniq”
  • Catalan: “Txanètia”
  • Cebuano: “Canik”
  • Chechen: “Джаник”
  • Chinese: “Canik”
  • Chinese: “雅尼克”
  • Dutch: “Canik”
  • Georgian: “ჯანიკი”
  • Georgian: “ჯანიქი”
  • German: “Canik”
  • Irish: “Canik”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Canik”
  • Lithuanian: “Canika”
  • Malay: “Canik”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Canik”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Canik”
  • Norwegian: “Canik”
  • Persian: “جانیک”
  • Romanian: “Canik”
  • Russian: “Джаник”
  • Serbian: “Џаник”
  • Tatar: “Җаник (Җаник)”
  • Tatar: “Җаник”
  • Turkish: “Canik Sancağı”
  • Turkish: “Canik”
  • Urdu: “جانیک”
  • Western Mari: “Джаник”
  • Yoruba: “Canik”
  • “Canik ilçesi”

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