Trabzon

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city port city

Trabzon is a historic city in northeastern Turkey that serves as a major Black Sea port and regional cultural and commercial center.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Trebizond 2
Port of Trabzon 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
port city ⓘ
areaCode 462 ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
countrySubdivision Trabzon Province ⓘ
economySector agriculture ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
trade ⓘ
formerName Trabzon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Trebizond
foundedInCentury 8th century BC (approximate) ⓘ
governingBody Trabzon Metropolitan Municipality ⓘ
hasAirport Trabzon Airport ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Black Sea ⓘ
hasFootballClub Trabzonspor football club ⓘ
surface form: Trabzonspor
hasMinorityLanguage Laz ⓘ
Pontic Greek ⓘ
surface form: Pontic Greek (historically)
hasPopulationApprox 300000 ⓘ
hasPort Trabzon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Port of Trabzon
hasUniversity Karadeniz Technical University ⓘ
historicallyHadReligion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
historicalRegion Pontus ⓘ
is historic city ⓘ
major Black Sea port ⓘ
regional commercial center ⓘ
regional cultural center ⓘ
isProvincialCapitalOf Trabzon Province ⓘ
knownFor Sumela Monastery (nearby) ⓘ
Trabzonspor football club ⓘ
anchovy-based cuisine ⓘ
hazelnut production ⓘ
tea production ⓘ
languageMajority Turkish ⓘ
locatedIn Trabzon Province ⓘ
locatedInPartOfCountry northeastern Turkey ⓘ
locatedInRegion Black Sea coast ⓘ
surface form: Black Sea Region
locatedOn Black Sea ⓘ
partOf Silk Road routes ⓘ
surface form: Silk Road trade routes
postalCodeRange 61000–61999 ⓘ
religionMajority Sunni Islam ⓘ
servedAs capital of the Empire of Trebizond ⓘ
timeZone TRT ⓘ
twinnedWith Batumi ⓘ
Bremen ⓘ
Kazan ⓘ
utcOffset +3 ⓘ
wasConqueredBy Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Trabzon → formerName → Trabzon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trebizond
Black Sea → hasMajorPort → Trabzon ⓘ
Trabzon → hasPort → Trabzon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Port of Trabzon
Caffa → linkedTo → Trabzon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trebizond
Sochi → twinnedWith → Trabzon ⓘ