Type: | neighbourhood |
Province: | Ordu |
District: | Fatsa |
Bolaman | |
Population Total: | 1318 |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Coordinates: | 41.0361°N 37.5911°W |
Elevation M: | 5 |
Postal Code: | 52400 |
Area Code: | 0452 |
Bolaman is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Fatsa, Ordu Province, Turkey.[1] Its population is 1,318 (2022).[2] Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde).[3] [4] [5] It is a coastal town on Turkish state highway D.010 which runs along the Black Sea coast. The distance to Fatsa is to Ordu is .
The town (as well as the creek of the town) is named after Polemon, a governor of Ordu and vicinity during the Roman Empire era. But the town itself was founded in the 19th century. In 1966 it was declared a seat of township.[6] A small Byzantine fortification with an attached chapel was converted into an Ottoman-period residence.[7]