Maçka (; Laz and Georgian: მაჩხა Maçxa) is a municipality and district of Trabzon province, Turkey.Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023. Its area is 925 km2, and its population is 24,709 (2022). The name derives from Laz მაჩხა (maçxa), rendered in medieval Greek as Matzouka, which was one of the provinces of the Empire of Trebizond. In Ottoman times, the area formed the nahiye of Maçuka. The Greek Orthodox Sumela Monastery and Vazelon Monastery are located in the district.
Name and Etymology Among the local population, in addition to the form Maçka, a variant form Maşka is also used. The name is Laz in origin and derives respectively from the word მაჩხა (maçxa), მაშხა (maşxa), which correspond in Mingrelian to მარჩხა (marçxa) and in Georgian to მარჩხი (marçxi). Its meanings are: 1. wooden trough made to channel water to a specific place; 2. A waterfall; 3. A wooden trough made for drinking water from springs; 4. A side channel carrying water to a mill; 5. Shallow water; 6. A water-bearing rock.Gogokhia, Bakur, "Derenin Ötesindeki Manastır – Sumela (Adının Tarihi, Kökeni ve Anlamı)", History, Archaeology, Ethnology – ისტორია, არქეოლოგია, ეთნოლოგია, No XIV (2025), Gori State University, 2025, p. 212; (in Turkish).
Composition There are 67 neighbourhoods in Maçka District:Mahalle , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
Akarsu Akmescit Alaçam Alataş Altındere Anayurt Ardıçlıyayla Armağan Atasu Bağışlı Bahçekaya Bakımlı Bakırcılar Barışlı Başar Çamlıdüz Çatak Çayırlar Çeşmeler Çıralı Coşandere Dikkaya Erginköy Esiroğlu Fatih Gayretli Günay Güney Gürgenağaç Güzelce Güzelyayla Hamsiköy Hızarlı Kapıköy Kaynarca Kırantaş Kiremitli Konak Köprüyanı Kozağaç Kuşçu Mataracı Merkez Ocaklı Oğulağaç Öğütlü Ormaniçi Ormanüstü Örnekalan Ortaköy Reşadiye Sevinç Şimşirli Sındıran Sukenarı Temelli Üçgedik Yaylabaşı Yazılıtaş Yazlık Yeni Atasu Yeniköy Yeşiltepe Mahallesi Yeşilyurt Yukarıköy Yüzüncüyıl Zaferli
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Twin towns – Sister cities Maçka is twinned with: Karesi, Turkey (since 2015)Karesi ve Maçka kardeş şehir oldu
References
External links
District governor's official website Matsouka (Maçka) Maçka Maçka haritası