Perşembe
Sign in to savePerşembe (originated from Persian word meaning "Thursday"), also Heneti (Laz and ) and formerly Vona (), is a municipality and district of Ordu Province, Turkey. Its area is 217 km2, and its population is 30,101 (2022). The town lies on the Black Sea coast at an elevation of .
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- metro district
- Turkey place.name
- Perşembe
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- Turkey place.map_caption
- Map showing Perşembe District in Ordu Province
- Turkey place.province
- Ordu
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- AKP
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- Cihat Albayrak
- Turkey place.area_total_km2
- 217
- Turkey place.elevation_m
- 20
- Turkey place.population_total
- 30101
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2022
- Turkey place.postal_code
- 52750
- Turkey place.area_code
- 0452
- Turkey place.blank1_name
- Climate
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- Cfa
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Perşembe (originated from Persian word meaning "Thursday"), also Heneti (Laz and ) and formerly Vona (), is a municipality and district of Ordu Province, Turkey. Its area is 217 km2, and its population is 30,101 (2022). The town lies on the Black Sea coast at an elevation of .
==Legend and history== Perşembe is on the Vona Peninsula on the Black Sea coast and is held to be the point where the legendary Jason and the Argonauts were forced to land during their struggle with the storms and currents of the Black Sea.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Perşembe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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