Rize Province

Rize Province

Rize ili
Rize Province Rize ili
Province
	Pokut Yayla in Rize
	Location of the province within Turkey
Country	Turkey
Seat	Rize
Government
• Governor	İhsan Selim Baydaş
Area	3,835 km2 (1,481 sq mi)
Population (2022)	344,016
• Density	90/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Area code	0464
Website	www.rize.gov.tr

Rize Province (Turkish: Rize ili) is a province of northeast Turkey, on the eastern Black Sea coast between Trabzon and Artvin. The province of Erzurum is to the south. Its area is 3,835 km²,^[2] and its population is 344,016 (2022).^[1] The capital is the city of Rize. It was formerly known as Lazistan, however the designation of the term of Lazistan was officially banned in 1926.^[3]

The province is home to Laz, Hemshin, Turkish and Georgian communities.^[4]^[5]

^ ^a ^b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
^ Thys-Şenocak, Lucienne. Ottoman Women Builders. Aldershot, England: Ashgate, 2006. Print.
^ "Turkey's charismatic pro-Islamic leader". 4 November 2002 – via BBC News.
^ Gall, Carlotta (29 May 2021). "After Erdogan Angers a Loyal Province, His Opponents See an Opportunity". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 8 October 2021.

[tuik-1] "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.

[2] "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.

[3] Thys-Şenocak, Lucienne. Ottoman Women Builders. Aldershot, England: Ashgate, 2006. Print.

[4] "Turkey's charismatic pro-Islamic leader". 4 November 2002 – via BBC News.

[:0-5] Gall, Carlotta (29 May 2021). "After Erdogan Angers a Loyal Province, His Opponents See an Opportunity". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 8 October 2021.

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