Atakum district

Atakum district is a town in , . Atakum district is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near .
  • Type: Town with 239,000 residents
  • Description: ilçe (district), administrative county of Samsun, northern Turkey
  • Also known as: “Atakent”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mustafa Dağıstanlı Sports Hall.

Health club
Photo: 𐰇𐱅𐰚𐰤, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in district of , northern Turkey. It was named in honor of Mustafa Dağıstanlı, a local sport wrestler, who became twice Olympic and three times world champion in freestyle. is situated 4 km east of Atakum district.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Samsun and Güzelyalı.

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.

Suburb
Guzelyalı is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Atakum, , . It is an affluent residential neighbourhood. The neighbourhood had a population of 4,253 as of 2022, up from 1,762 in 2007.

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 southeast of Atakum district.

Atakum district

Latitude
41.3323° or 41° 19′ 56″ north
Longitude
36.2705° or 36° 16′ 14″ east
Population
239,000
Elevation
111 metres (364 feet)
Open location code
8GHR87JC+W5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 966597337
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
9549747
Wiki­data ID
Q4812671
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Mari—“Atakum district” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أتاقوم”
  • Arabic: “أَتَاقُوم”
  • Asturian: “Atakum (distritu)”
  • Asturian: “Atakum”
  • Cebuano: “Atakum”
  • Chechen: “Атакум”
  • Chinese: “Atakum”
  • French: “Atakum”
  • Gagauz: “Atakum”
  • German: “Atakum”
  • Irish: “Atakum”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Atakum”
  • Lithuanian: “Atakumas”
  • Malay: “Atakum”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Atakum”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Atakum”
  • Persian: “آتاکوم”
  • Russian: “Атакум”
  • Serbian: “Атакум”
  • Tatar: “Атакум”
  • Turkish: “Atakum”
  • Urdu: “آتاکوم”
  • Urdu: “اتاقوم”
  • Uzbek: “Atakum”
  • Western Mari: “Атакум”
  • “Atakum ilçesi”

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