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| Province (il) : | Ordu | |||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 47 ' N , 37 ° 1' E | |||
| Height : | 1313 m | |||
| Residents : | 5,155 (2008) | |||
| Telephone code : | (+90) 452 | |||
| Postal code : | 52 xxx | |||
| License plate : | 52 | |||
| Structure and administration (status: 2014) | ||||
| Mayor : | İsa Demirci ( AKP ) | |||
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| Akkuş County | ||||
| Residents : | 26,582 (2013) | |||
| Surface: | 763 km² | |||
| Population density : | 35 inhabitants per km² | |||
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Akkuş ( Turkish for "white bird" ) is a town in the district of the same name in the district of Akkuş in the Turkish province of Ordu .
It is not far from Mount Argan in Canik Dağları , a mountain range of the Pontic Mountains . Until 1954 it was called Karakuş ("black bird"). The D850 trunk road leads from the coastal town of Ünye on the Black Sea via Akkuş south to the town of Niksar in the neighboring province of Tokat .
history
In ancient times, the place belonged to the kingdom of Pontus . The first Turkish rulers of the region were the Danischmenden . From the 15th century, Akkuş belonged to the Ottoman Empire .
Web links
Commons : Akkuş - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Local website with information (Turkish)
Individual evidence
- ^ Turkish Institute for Statistics ( Memento of December 22, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed November 25, 2009.
- ^ Turkish Institute for Statistics ( Memento from February 15, 2014 on WebCite ), accessed December 24, 2014.
