Geography
The district is a strip of coastline with hills and rocky mountains rising steeply behind, watered by the rivers of Yapraklı and Belice. The Canik Mountains run parallel to the coast behind Fatsa. The local economy depends on agriculture and fishing: 80% of arable land is planted with hazelnuts (see Corylus avellana) and there are fishing fleets harboured at Fatsa and in the small towns of Yalıköy and Bolaman. Also the Black Sea coastal highway runs through here bringing passing trade. The higher mountain areas of the district are covered in forest. The climate is typical of the Black Sea coast, mild and wet most of the year.
Fatsa itself is a large town of 63,721 people with a large central shopping district of streets, some pedestrianised, leading down to the seafront. The district of Bolaman was once the Roman town of Poleman and has the ruins of a castle and places to drink tea by the water.
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