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(Redirected from Neapolis (Paphlagonia)) District and municipality in Samsun, Turkey
Vezirköprü
District and municipality
Köprülü Mehmet Paşa Mosque in VezirköprüKöprülü Mehmet Paşa Mosque in Vezirköprü
Map showing Vezirköprü District in Samsun ProvinceMap showing Vezirköprü District in Samsun Province
Vezirköprü is located in TurkeyVezirköprüVezirköprüLocation in Turkey
Coordinates: 41°08′35″N 35°27′36″E / 41.14306°N 35.46000°E / 41.14306; 35.46000
CountryTurkey
ProvinceSamsun
Government
 • Mayorİbrahim Sadık Edis (AKP)
Area1,674 km (646 sq mi)
Population90,308
 • Density54/km (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code55900
Area code0362
Websitewww.vezirkopru.bel.tr

Vezirköprü is a municipality and district of Samsun Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,674 km, and its population is 90,308 (2022). It is named after the Ottoman Albanian grand vizier Köprülü Mehmed Pasha.

History

At the breakup of Alexander the Great's empire the Vezirköprü region became part of the kingdom of Pontus with its capital at Amaseia (Amasya), later at Sinope (Sinop). When the last king Mithradates VI was defeated by the Romans, Pompey the Great founded a "new city", Neapolis (Ancient Greek: Νεάπολις), which later changed its name to Neoklaudioupolis (Νεοκλαυδιούπολις) or Neoclaudiopolis in Latin, the forerunner of modern Vezirköprü. In late antiquity, the town returned to its original name, Andrapa (Ἄνδραπα), and became a bishopric. It also minted coins bearing the dates and effigies of Marcus Aurelius, Septimius Severus, and Caracalla.

Its bishop Paralius was at the Council of Ephesus (431) and sent his deacon Eucharius to represent him at the Council of Chalcedon (451). Paulus was one of the signatories of the letter by which the bishops of the Roman province of Helenopontus, to which Andrapa belonged, protested to Byzantine Emperor Leo I the Thracian in 458 about the killing of Proterius of Alexandria. Ioannes was at the Third Council of Constantinople (680), Sergius at the Trullan Council (692). Theodorus was represented at the Second Council of Nicaea (787) by his deacon Marinus. Antonius took part in the Photian Council of Constantinople (879).

No longer a residential bishopric, Andrapa is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.

Composition

There are 161 neighbourhoods in Vezirköprü District:

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References

  1. ^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  2. Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  3. "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  4. Michel Lequien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Paris 1740, Vol. I, coll. 539-540
  5. Sophrone Pétridès, v. Andrapa, in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. II, Paris 1914, coll. 1597-1598
  6. Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 833
  7. Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Andrapa". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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