Terme

Terme
Terme
	Bus station of Terme
	Terme
	Coordinates: 41°12′33″N 36°58′26″E / 41.20917°N 36.97389°ECoordinates: 41°12′33″N 36°58′26″E / 41.20917°N 36.97389°E
Country	Turkey
Province	Samsun
Population (2012)
• Urban	31,163
• District	73,094
Climate	Cfa

Terme (formerly spelled Termeh; Ancient greek: Thèrmae, Θέρμαι) is the seat of Terme District, Samsun Province, Turkey. Terme is located on Terme River, about 5 km from its mouth, on the eastern end of the Çarşamba Plain.

Terme or its environs are the site of the ancient city of Themiscyra, Θεμίσκυρα.^[2]

Terme District is the site of an annual festival celebrating the Amazons, an ancient nation of all-female warriors who, according to Greek myth, were believed to have lived in the Samsun region.^[3]

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Terme at GEOnet Names Server

^ "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
^ Richard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, (ISBN 0-691-03169-X), Map 87 & notes.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-01-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[population-1] "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.

[2] Richard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, (ISBN 0-691-03169-X), Map 87 & notes.

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-01-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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