Alaçam district
Alaçam is a municipality and district of Samsun Province, Turkey. Its area is 598 km2, and its population is 24,647 (2022). Scholars believe that Alaçam is the site of the ancient city of Zaliche or Zaliches.
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- metro district
- Turkey place.name
- Alaçam
- Turkey place.image_skyline
- Alacam.jpg
- Turkey place.image_map
- Alaçam District Location in Samsun Province.png
- Turkey place.map_caption
- Map showing Alaçam District in Samsun Province
- Turkey place.province
- Samsun
- Turkey place.leader_party
- MHP
- Turkey place.leader_name
- İlyas Acar
- Turkey place.area_total_km2
- 598
- Turkey place.population_total
- 24647
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2022
- Turkey place.postal_code
- 55800
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Alaçam is a municipality and district of Samsun Province, Turkey. Its area is 598 km2, and its population is 24,647 (2022). Scholars believe that Alaçam is the site of the ancient city of Zaliche or Zaliches.
==History== Alaçam has a long history. It has been held by Phrygian, Cimmerians, Lydians and Persians before the area was taken by Alexander the Great. The Pontus Kingdom came in the 1st century BC which was in turn annexed by the Roman Empire. After the division of the Roman Empire, the Byzantines called the town Zalikus.