Çarşamba

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{{Infobox Turkey place

| type = metro district

| name = Çarşamba

| image_skyline = Çarşamba genel görünüm.jpg

| image_caption =

| image_map = Çarşamba District Location in Samsun Province.png

| map_caption = Map showing Çarşamba District in Samsun Province

| coordinates = {{coord|41|11|57|N|36|43|39|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| province = Samsun

| leader_party = Independent

| leader_name = Hüseyin Dündar

| leader_name1 =

| area_total_km2 = 774

| elevation_m = 15

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 140664

| population_as_of = 2022

| postal_code = 55500

| area_code = 0362

| website = {{url|http://www.carsamba.bel.tr/}}

| blank1_name = Climate

| blank1_info = Cfa

}}

Çarşamba is a municipality and district of Samsun Province, Turkey.[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. Its area is 774 km²,{{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}} and its population is 140,664 (2022).{{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}} It is in the center of the Çarşamba Plain. The mayor is Hüseyin Dündar (Independent). Ferhan Şensoy - writer, actor and stage director - was born here.

The town is bisected by the Yeşilırmak river running south-to-north and by the Black Sea Coastal Road (D010) which runs west-to-east. There is a sugar factory in Çarşamba district.{{Cite news|last=Gazete|first=Banka|date=20 November 2021|title=Aydemir: 'Yeter ki şeker fabrikası çalışsın'|page=https://gazetebanka.com/|work=Gazetebanka.com|url=https://gazetebanka.com/aydemir--yeter-ki-seker-fabrikasi-calissin--/11357/|access-date=20 November 2021}}