| Type: | metro province |
| Other Name: | Samsun ili |
| Seat: | Samsun |
| Leader Name1: | Orhan Tavlı |
| Leader Party: | AKP |
| Leader Name: | Mustafa Demir |
| Area Total Km2: | 9725 |
| Population Total: | 1368488 |
| Population As Of: | 2022 |
| Area Code: | 0362 |
| Blank1 Name: | ISO Code |
| Blank1 Info: | TR-55 |
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Samsun Province (Turkish: Samsun ili) is a province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey on the Black Sea coast. Its area is 9,725 km2,[1] and its population is 1,368,488 (2022).[2] Its adjacent provinces are Sinop on the northwest, Çorum on the west, Amasya on the south, Tokat on the southeast on the east. Its traffic code is 55. The provincial capital is Samsun, one of the most populated cities in Turkey.
Surgical instruments are manufactured in the province today and were 4000 years ago.[3] The founder of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, started the Turkish War of Independence there on May 19, 1919.
Ladik Lake, Akgöl, Dumanlı lake, Semenlik lake.
Kızılırmak, Yeşilırmak, Terme river, Aptal Suyu, Mert Irmağı, Kürtün Suyu.[4]
There are also small areas of bottomland forest.[5]
Samsun province is divided into 17 districts, four of which were included in the pre-2013 municipality of Samsun city (shown in boldface letters).