Kavak

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Kavak

Total population

21,260

Coordinates41.08°, 36.04°

Demographic figures from TurkStat. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Kavak is a municipality and district of Samsun Province, Turkey. Its area is 697 km2, and its population is 22,747 (2022). Kavak is located 51 km away from Samsun. It has 600 m height from the sea level. The mayor is Şerif Ün (YRP).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Nearby places in Samsun

• Asarcık
  10.4 mi away · pop. 16,278
• Ladik
  14 mi away · pop. 16,320
• Canik
  20.9 mi away · pop. 99,369
• Havza
  21.1 mi away · pop. 38,872
• İlkadım
  21.1 mi away · pop. 340,421
• Samsun
  21.2 mi away · pop. 1,295,927
• Atakum
  21.2 mi away · pop. 238,702
• Tekkeköy
  23.5 mi away · pop. 55,369
• Ondokuzmayıs
  28.8 mi away · pop. 26,366
• Vezirköprü
  30.7 mi away · pop. 91,978
• Ayvacık
  31.2 mi away · pop. 19,436
• Bafra
  34.6 mi away · pop. 142,341

Browse all places in Samsun →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Kavak

Canik sancağı Kavak kazası nüfus defterlerinde Türk haneler (1834-1844)

Mehmet Köseoğlu · 2014

Anadolu'nun ahşap camileri

Hüseyin Tunçay · 2018

Pontus

Özhan Öztürk · 2011

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Spongy Moth

Lymantria dispar

Seen 2026-08-19

bird's-foot trefoil

Lotus corniculatus

Seen 2026-08-17

Greek Tortoise

Testudo graeca

Seen 2026-07-08

White Wagtail

Motacilla alba

Seen 2026-07-05

Hoary Rock-rose

Cistus creticus

Seen 2026-06-07

scarlet pimpernel

Lysimachia arvensis

Seen 2026-05-26

Three-toothed orchid

Neotinea tridentata

Seen 2026-05-16

Primrose

Primula vulgaris

Seen 2026-04-22

Asia Minor Tortoise

Testudo graeca ibera

Seen 2026-04-21

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).