Fatsa
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[[File:Fatsa Sahil.jpg image_caption = A panoramic view of the town|250px|Skyline of Fatsa]] |
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 Fatsa
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| Coordinates: 41°02′N 37°30′E / 41.033°N 37.500°ECoordinates: 41°02′N 37°30′E / 41.033°N 37.500°E | |
| Country |
 Turkey
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| Region | Black Sea |
| Province | Ordu |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Hüseyin Anlayan (AKP) |
| Area | |
| • District | 300.00 km2 (115.83 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 57- 550 m (−1,747 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Urban | 74,602 |
| • District | 107,031 |
| • District density | 360/km2 (920/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Postal code | 52 |
| Area code(s) | 0452 |
| Licence plate | 52 |
| Climate | Cfa |
| Website | http://www.fatsa.gov.tr |
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Fatsa is a town and a district of Ordu Province in the central Black Sea region of Turkey.
The oldest recorded name of the town is Polemonion (Greek: Πολεμώνιον, Latinized as Polemonium), after Polemon I of Pontus. A derivative of Polemonion, i.e. Bolaman, is the modern name of the river passing through Fatsa. The present name, Fatsa, has been influenced by modern Greek Φάτσα or Φάτσα Πόντου (φἀτσα is derived from Italian faccia), which translates as "face or housefront on the sea", but has in fact mutated from Fanizan, the name of the daughter of King Pharnaces II of Pontus, through Fanise, Phadisana (Greek: Φαδισανή), Phadsane Phatisanê Vadisani (Greek: Βαδισανή), Phabda, Pytane, Facha, Fatsah into today's Fatsa. Apart from Polemonion, another Greek name of the town was Side.
The history of Fatsa goes back to antiquity, when the coast was settled by Cimmerians, and Pontic Greeks in the centuries BC. The ruins on Mount Çıngırt (the ancient rock tombs and vaults) are from this period.
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Fatsa was first mentioned, in the era of the Kingdom of Pontus, as Polemonium, after King Polemon I, the Roman client king appointed by Mark Antony. Under Nero, the kingdom became a Roman province in AD 62. In about 295, Diocletian (r. 284–305) divided the province into three smaller provinces, one of which was Pontus Polemoniacus, called after Polemonium, which was its administrative capital.
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