Ladik is a municipality and district of Samsun Province, Turkey.Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. Its area is 541 km2, and its population is 16,072 (2022). It is on the site of the ancient Laodicea Pontica. The mayor is Adnan Topal (AK Party).

History

Laodicea Pontica or Laodicea (), also transliterated as Laodíceia and Laodíkeia, was a Hellenistic town in Pontus. The city was founded in the hills (elevation 1000 m) not far west of the lake Stiphane Limne, southwest of Amisus (modern Samsun). It is the birthplace of the Albanian grand vizier Tayyar Mehmed Pasha.

Composition There are 67 neighbourhoods in Ladik District:Mahalle , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.

Ağcakaya Ahmetsaray Akpınar Aktaş Akyar Alayurt Alıçlı Arslantaş Aşağıgölyazı Ayvalı Ayvalısokağı Bahşi Başlamış Bolat Budakdere Büyükalan Büyükkızoğlu Çadırkaya Çakırgümüş Çamlıköy Cüce Daldere Deliahmetoğlu Derinöz Doğankaş Eynekaraca Günkoru Gürün Güvenli Hacıalipınar Hamamayağı Hamitköy Hasırcı Hızarbaşı İbi İsasofta İskaniye Kabacagöz Karaabdal Kıranboğaz Kirazpınar Kızılsini Koğa Köseoğlu Küçükkızoğlu Küpecik Kuyucak Mazlumoğlu Meşepınarı Nusratlı Oymapınar Salur Sanayi Saray Sarıgazel Sarıksızoğlu Şehreküstü Şıhlı Soğanlı Söğütlü Tatlıcak Teberoğlu Tüfekçidere Yenicami Yukarıgölyazı Yumaklı Yuvacık

See also List of ancient Greek cities

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