Maçka
Sign in to saveMaçka (; Laz and Georgian: მაჩხა Maçxa) is a municipality and district of Trabzon province, Turkey. Its area is 925 km2, and its population is 24,709 (2022). The name derives from Laz მაჩხა (maçxa), rendered in medieval Greek as Matzouka, which was one of the provinces of the Empire of Trebizond. In Ottoman times, the area formed the nahiye of Maçuka. The Greek Orthodox Sumela Monastery and Vazelon Monastery are located in the district.
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- metro district
- Turkey place.name
- Maçka
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- Trabzon location Maçka.PNG
- Turkey place.map_caption
- Map showing Maçka District in Trabzon Province
- Turkey place.province
- Trabzon
- Turkey place.leader_party
- AK Parti
- Turkey place.leader_name
- Koray Koçhan
- Turkey place.area_total_km2
- 925
- Turkey place.elevation_m
- 470
- Turkey place.population_total
- 24709
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2022
- Turkey place.postal_code
- 61750
- Turkey place.area_code
- 0462
- Turkey place.blank1_name
- Climate
- Turkey place.blank1_info
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Maçka (; Laz and Georgian: მაჩხა Maçxa) is a municipality and district of Trabzon province, Turkey. Its area is 925 km2, and its population is 24,709 (2022). The name derives from Laz მაჩხა (maçxa), rendered in medieval Greek as Matzouka, which was one of the provinces of the Empire of Trebizond. In Ottoman times, the area formed the nahiye of Maçuka. The Greek Orthodox Sumela Monastery and Vazelon Monastery are located in the district.
==Name and Etymology== Among the local population, in addition to the form Maçka, a variant form Maşka is also used. The name is Laz in origin and derives respectively from the word მაჩხა (maçxa), მაშხა (maşxa), which correspond in Mingrelian to მარჩხა (marçxa) and in Georgian to მარჩხი (marçxi). Its meanings are: 1. wooden trough made to channel water to a specific place; 2. A waterfall; 3. A wooden trough made for drinking water from springs; 4. A side channel carrying water to a mill; 5. Shallow water; 6. A water-bearing rock.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Maçka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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