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Ladik is a municipality and district of Samsun Province, Turkey.^[2] Its area is 541 km²,^[3] and its population is 16,072 (2022).^[1] It is on the site of the ancient Laodicea Pontica.^[4] The mayor is Adnan Topal (AK Party).^{[citation needed]}

History

Laodicea Pontica or Laodicea (Ancient Greek: Λαοδίκεια), 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.^{[citation needed]}

There are 67 neighbourhoods in Ladik District:^[5]

^ ^a ^b “Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports” (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi Archived 2015-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
^ “İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri”. General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
^ Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 87. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9, with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.
^ Mahalle Archived 2015-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.