Rize Province

Rize Province

Rrize Ռիզե
Rizini რიზინი
Rize რიზე
Rize Province Rrize Ռիզե; Rizini რიზინი; Rize რიზე
Province
	Location of Rize Province in Turkey
Country	Turkey
Region	East Black Sea
Area
• Total	3,920 km2 (1,510 sq mi)
Population (2020)
• Total	344,359
• Density	88/km2 (230/sq mi)

Rize Province (Armenian: Ռիզե, romanized: Rrize; Laz: რიზინი, romanized: Rizini; Georgian: რიზე, romanized: Rize) is a province of northeast Turkey, on the eastern Black Sea coast between Trabzon and Artvin.

Armenian (Hemshin), Georgian, Laz and Turkish people live in Rize.

References

↑ "Population of provinces by years - 2000-2018". Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
↑ Simonian, Hovann (2007). The Hemshin: History, Society and Identity in the Highlands of Northeast Turkey. Routledge. p. 320, "The Hemshin People live in [...] from the county of Çayeli, in the province of Rize, as far east as the Georgian border of the county of Hopa, in the province of Artvin."

Notes

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[wikidata-f93fd8bb74fa5355f4bc055457c584bcd5f8d575-v20-1] "Population of provinces by years - 2000-2018". Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 9 March 2019.

[2] Simonian, Hovann (2007). The Hemshin: History, Society and Identity in the Highlands of Northeast Turkey. Routledge. p. 320, "The Hemshin People live in [...] from the county of Çayeli, in the province of Rize, as far east as the Georgian border of the county of Hopa, in the province of Artvin."

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