Bafra
Sign in to saveBafra is a municipality and district of Samsun Province, Turkey. Covering about 1,500 km2, and with over 140,000 inhabitants it is a settlement located from the Black Sea, in the fertile Kızılırmak Delta. The Bafra Plain is famous in Turkey for its rich soil and high quality tobacco growing conditions. The city is well known in Turkey for its ice cream, cigarettes, tobacco and agricultural produce. The city is located 52 km northwest of Samsun and is connected by State road D.010.
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- metro district
- Turkey place.name
- Bafra
- Turkey place.image_skyline
- Ataturk_Bulvar_in_Bafra.png
- Turkey place.image_caption
- Atatürk Bulvar in Bafra
- Turkey place.image_map
- Bafra District Location in Samsun Province.png
- Turkey place.map_caption
- Map showing Bafra District in Samsun Province
- Turkey place.province
- Samsun
- Turkey place.leader_party
- AKP
- Turkey place.leader_name
- Hamit Kılıç
- Turkey place.area_total_km2
- 1503
- Turkey place.population_total
- 143109
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2023
- Turkey place.postal_code
- 55400
- Turkey place.area_code
- 0362
- Turkey place.blank1_name
- Climate
- Turkey place.blank1_info
- Csa
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 142210
- Image
- Samsun districts.png
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- Bafra
- urban population
- 142341
- rural population
- 106068
- name in kana
- バフラ
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Bafra is a municipality and district of Samsun Province, Turkey. Covering about 1,500 km2, and with over 140,000 inhabitants it is a settlement located from the Black Sea, in the fertile Kızılırmak Delta. The Bafra Plain is famous in Turkey for its rich soil and high quality tobacco growing conditions. The city is well known in Turkey for its ice cream, cigarettes, tobacco and agricultural produce. The city is located 52 km northwest of Samsun and is connected by State road D.010.
==History==
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