Rize Province
province in northeastern Turkey
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Summary
Rize Province is a province of Turkey[1]. It draws 873 Wikipedia views per month (province of turkey category, ranking #19 of 81).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Turkey[3]
- Country: Turkey[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Black Sea[5]
- Head of government: Erdoğan Bektaş[6]
- Continent: Asia[7]
- Capital: Rize[8]
- Official language: Turkish[9]
- Shares border with: Artvin Province[10], Erzurum Province[11], Bayburt Province[12], Trabzon Province[13]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Ardeşen[14], Çamlıhemşin[15], Çayeli[16], Derepazarı[17], Fındıklı district[18], Güneysu[19], Hemşin[20], İkizdere[21], İyidere[22], Kalkandere[23], Pazar[24], Rize[25], Ardeşen district[26], Hemşin district[27]
- Postal code: 53000–53999[28]
- Part of: Trabzon Subregion[29]
- Commons category: Rize Province[30]
- Licence plate code: 53[31]
- Located in time zone: UTC+03:00[32], time in Turkey[33]
- Local dialing code: 464[34]
- Inception: 100[35]
- Official website: http://www.rize.gov.tr/[36]
- Topic's main category: Category:Rize Province[37]
- Population: 329,779[38], 348,608[39], 322,103[40]
- Office held by head of government: Governor of Rize Province[41]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Rize Province[42]
- Number of households: 116,262[43]
- Female population: 160,818[44]
- Male population: 161,285[45]
- Native label: Rize ili[46]
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Physical Characteristics
Areas include 3920 km²[47] and 3835 km²[48]. Rize Province sits at an elevation of 6 m[49].
Why It Matters
Rize Province has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]