Maçka

In Ottoman times, the area formed the nahiye of Maçuka. The Greek Orthodox Sumela Monastery and Vazelon Monastery are located in the district.

• Type — metro district • Name — Maçka • Image Map — Trabzon location Maçka.PNG • Map Caption — Map showing Maçka District in Trabzon Province • Province — Trabzon • Leader Party — AK Parti • Leader Name — Koray Koçhan • Area Total Km2 — 925 • Elevation M — 470 • Population Total — 24709 • Population As Of — 2022 • Postal Code — 61750 • Area Code — 0462 • Website — http: www.macka.bel.tr/ • Custom Label1 Sec1 — Climate • Custom Data1 Sec1 — Cfb Maçka (Matzoúka; Laz and Georgian: მაჩხა Maçxa) is a municipality and district of Trabzon province, Turkey. Its area is 925 km 2, 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.

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.

• Illustration — City center of Maçka • Illustration — Sumela Monastery in the Pontic Mountains • Illustration — A traditional rural Pontic house in Livera (Yazlık) • Illustration — Hamsiköy • Illustration — Yazlık

Maçka is twinned with: • Karesi, Turkey (since 2015)