Akçaabat

Akçaabat is a municipality and district of Trabzon Province, Turkey. Its area is 375 km2, and its population is 129,290 (2022). It lies on the Black Sea coast, to the west of the city of Trabzon. Its elevation is . Akçaabat is a coastal town known for its local soccer team Akçaabat Sebatspor, its kofta dish Akçaabat köfte and the Akçaabat Horonu dance. Akçaabat has hosted an international folklore festival since 1990, and it was a venue for the archery and athletics competitions of the First Black Sea Games held in 2007.

Key facts

Turkey place.type: metro district
Turkey place.name: Akçaabat
Turkey place.image_caption: Ortamahalle.jpg
Turkey place.image_map: Ortamahalle.jpg
Turkey place.province: Trabzon
Turkey place.leader_party: AKP
Turkey place.leader_name: Osman Nuri Ekim
Turkey place.area_total_km2: 375
Turkey place.elevation_m: 10
Turkey place.population_total: 129290
Turkey place.population_as_of: 2022
Turkey place.postal_code: 61300
Turkey place.area_code: 0462
Turkey place.blank1_name: Climate
Turkey place.blank1_info: Cfa

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Official website

Trabzon Akçaabat Belediyesi

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Wikidata facts

Population: 123552
Elevation: 10
Official website: www.akcaabat.bel.tr
Image: Akçaabat01 - panoramio.jpg
Licence plate code: 61

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urban population: 128348
Commons category: Akçaabat
postal code: 61300
rural population: 93775

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Name
Climate
History
Chronology
Saint Michael Church
Composition
Notable people from Akçaabat
References
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==Name== The first settlers of the town came from the ancient Greek Miletus and named the town "Platana" because of the abundance of plane trees (Greek Plátanos, Πλάτανος, Latin Platanus). In Turkish, the name was reinterpreted as Pulathane 'land of iron' and the surrounding district became Akçeabad 'abundance of money'.