Rize Province

Rize is a province in north-eastern Turkey on the Black Sea. The provincial capital is the same Rize. The province is bordered on the west by the province of Trabzon, Erzurum and Bayburt to the south and east to Artvin. The province has about 90 km of coastline.

In the province of 324 152 inhabitants (as of 2012), 141 524 of them in the capital of Rize. Economically, particularly the Teepflanzenanbau and partly the Kiwifruchtanbau is significant. The first Teepflanzenanbau in Turkey took place in Rize in 1937. With a contribution of 66 % of the 1.25 million tons Turkey's total harvest ( year 2012), the province of Rize is the largest Teepflanzenanbaugebiet Turkey. The following counties are among Rize:

  • Ardeşen
  • Çamlıhemşin
  • Çayeli
  • Derepazarı
  • Fındıklı
  • Güneysu
  • Hemsin
  • Ikizdere
  • İyidere
  • Kalkandere
  • Pazar
  • Rize

Population distribution and development of the districts of the province of Rize:

Erzurum Province Bayburt Province Artvin Province Adana Province Afyonkarahisar Province Aksaray Province Amasya Province Ankara Province Antalya Province Ardahan Province Batman Province Bilecik Province Bitlis Province Bolu Province Burdur Province Bursa Province Denizli Province Edirne Province Erzincan Province Gaziantep Province Giresun Province Hatay Province Isparta Province Istanbul Province İzmir Province Karaman Province Kars Province Kastamonu Province Kayseri Province Kilis Province Kocaeli Province Konya Province Malatya Province Manisa Province Mardin Province Mersin Province Ordu Province Osmaniye Province Sakarya Province Samsun Province Siirt Province Sinop Province Tokat Province
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