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{{Infobox Turkey place
| type                 = metro district
| name                 = Terme
| image_skyline        = Terme_Turkey.jpg
| image_caption        = Bus station of Terme
| image_map            = Terme District Location in Samsun Province.png
| map_caption          = Map showing Terme District in Samsun Province
| coordinates          = {{coord|41|12|33|N|36|58|26|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| province             = Samsun
| leader_party         = AKP
| leader_name          = Ali Kılıç
| leader_name1         = 
| area_total_km2       = 548
| elevation_m          = 
| population_footnotes = <ref name=tuik/>
| population_total     = 71092
| population_as_of     = 2022
| postal_code          = 55600
| area_code            = 0362
| website              = {{url|http://www.terme.bel.tr/}}
| blank1_name          = [[Köppen climate classification|Climate]]
| blank1_info          = [[Humid subtropical climate|Cfa]]
}}

'''Terme''' (formerly spelled ''Termeh''; [[Ancient Greek]]: Thèrmae, Θέρμαι) is a municipality and [[Districts of Turkey|district]] of [[Samsun Province]], [[Turkey]].<ref>[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.</ref> Its area is 548&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.harita.gov.tr/uploads/files-folder/il_ilce_alanlari.xlsx|title=İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri|publisher=General Directorate of Mapping|access-date=12 July 2023}}</ref> and its population is 71,092 (2022).<ref name=tuik>{{Cite web |title=Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports|url=https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=en |access-date=12 July 2023|publisher=[[TÜİK]]|language=en|format=XLS}}</ref> Terme is located on [[Terme River]], about 5&nbsp;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 (Pontus)|Themiscyra]], Θεμίσκυρα.<ref>{{Barrington|87 & notes}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?load=detay&link=212625 |title=Village of Amazons to be recreated in Samsun park - Today's Zaman, your gateway to Turkish daily news |access-date=2014-01-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201214800/http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?load=detay&link=212625 |archive-date=2014-02-01 }}</ref>

==Composition==
There are 82 [[mahalle|neighbourhoods]] in Terme District:<ref>[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.</ref>
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* Ahmetbey
* Akbucak
* Akçagün
* Akçay
* Akçaykaracalı
* Altınlı
* Ambartepe
* Aşağıhüseyinmescit
* Aybeder
* Bafracalı
* Bağsaray
* Bahçelievler
* Bazlamaç
* Beşikli
* Çağlayan
* Çamlıca
* Çanaklı
* Çangallar
* Çardak
* Çay
* Cılar Mahallesi
* Cumhuriyet
* Dağdıralı
* Dereyolu
* Dibekli
* Dutluk
* Elmaköy
* Elmalık
* Emiryusuf
* Erenköy
* Etyemezli
* Evci
* Eyercili
* Fenk
* Geçmiş
* Gökçeağaç
* Gölyazı
* Gündoğdu
* Hüseyinmescit
* İlimdağ
* İmanalisi
* Karacaköy
* Karacalı
* Karamahmut
* Karkucak
* Kazımkarabekirpaşa
* Kesikkaya
* Kocaman
* Kocamanbaşı
* Köybucağı
* Kozluk
* Kumcığaz
* Kuşça
* Kuşçulu
* Mescitköy
* Meşeyazı
* Muratlı
* Oğuzlu
* Örencik
* Ortasöğütlü
* Özyurt
* Sakarlı
* Sancaklı
* Sarayköy
* Şeyhli
* Sivaslılar
* Söğütlü
* Şuayip
* Sütözü
* Taşlık
* Taşpınar
* Uludere
* Uzungazi
* Yalı
* Yeni
* Yenicami
* Yenidoğan
* Yerli
* Yukarısöğütlü
* Yukarıtaşpınar
* Yüksekyayla
* Yunus Emre
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== See also ==
* [[Themiscyra Plain]]

==References==
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{{Samsun}}
{{Pontic colonies}}
{{Districts of Turkey|provname=Samsun}}

[[Category:Populated places in Samsun Province]]
[[Category:Fishing communities in Turkey]]
[[Category:Districts of Samsun Province]]
[[Category:Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey]]


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