Amasra
Amasra is a small harbour and beach resort on the Black Sea, 310 km north of Ankara in the Western Karadeniz region of Turkey. In 2021 it had a population of 6098, with about another 8000 in its outlying villages.
- Type: Town with 6,680 residents
- Description: town and district in Bartın Province, Turkey
- Also known as: “Amasra (stad)”, “Amasra İlçesi”, “Amasra, Bartın”, “Amasreh”, “Amassera”, “Amastra”, “Amastreía”, “Amastri”, “Amastris”, “Ámastris”, “Cromna”, “Mint of Amastris”, “Samastra”, “Sésamo”, “Sesamos”, “Sésamos”, “Sesamus”, “Ἄμαστρις”, “Άμαστρις”, “Σήσαμος”, “Амастрида (місто)”, “Амастріда”, and “阿玛斯拉”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Amasra Museum and Amasra Chapel.
Amasra Museum
Museum
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gömü and Ahatlar.
Bostanlar
Village
Bostanlar is a village in the Amasra District, Bartın Province, Turkey. Bostanlar is situated 4 km south of Amasra.
Amasra
- Category: locality
- Location: Bartın Province, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
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Latitude
41.7489° or 41° 44′ 56″ north
Longitude
32.3867° or 32° 23′ 12″ east
Population
6,680
Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)
Open location code
8GHJP9XP+HM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Amasra” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أماصرة”
- Asturian: “Amasra”
- Azerbaijani: “Amasra”
- Catalan: “Amasra”
- Cebuano: “Amasra”
- Central Kurdish: “ئەماسرە”
- Chechen: “Амасра”
- Chinese: “阿瑪斯拉”
- Chinese: “阿马斯拉”
- Dimli (individual language): “Amasra”
- Dutch: “Amasra”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اماصره”
- Esperanto: “Amasra”
- French: “Amasra”
- German: “Amasra”
- Greek: “Αμάσρα”
- Hebrew: “אמסרה”
- Indonesian: “Amasra”
- Irish: “Amasra”
- Italian: “Amasra”
- Japanese: “アマスラ”
- Malay: “Amasra”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Amasra”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Amasra”
- Norwegian: “Amasra”
- Persian: “آماسرا”
- Persian: “اماسرا”
- Polish: “Amasra”
- Russian: “Амасра”
- Serbian: “Амасра”
- Slovenian: “Amasra”
- South Azerbaijani: “آماسرا”
- Spanish: “Amasra”
- Swahili: “Amasra”
- Tatar: “Амасра”
- Turkish: “Amasra”
- Ukrainian: “Амастрида”
- Urdu: “اماسرا”
- Uzbek: “Amasra”
- Vietnamese: “Amasra”
- Western Mari: “Амасра”
- Western Panjabi: “ضلع اماسرہ”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Kum and Kaleiçi.
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