Rize
central district and city in Rize Province, Turkey
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Summary
Rize is a city[1]. Rize ranks in the top 10% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,002 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Rize Province[3]
- Country: Turkey[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Black Sea[5]
- Instance of: big city[6], municipality[7]
- Postal code: 53100[8]
- Part of: Eastern Karadeniz[9]
- Commons category: Rize[10]
- Located in/on physical feature: Black Sea Region[11]
- Official website: http://www.rize.bel.tr/[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Rize[13]
- Commons gallery: Rize[14]
- Population: 141,143[15], 148,735[16], 147,996[17]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[19]
- Capital of: Rize Province[20]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Rize[21]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Rize[22]
- Name in kana: リゼ[23]
- Elevation above sea level: 6 m[24]
- State of conservation: demolished or destroyed[25]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Turkey[26], WikiProject Cities[27]
- Urban population: 52,031[28], 78,144[29], 91,904[30], 96,503[31], 99,380[32], 102,145[33], 104,991[34], 107,405[35], 117,664[36], 103,145[37], 114,576[38], 117,321[39], 26,989[40], 30,532[41]
- Rural population: 57,538[42], 49,176[43], 40,219[44], 38,645[45], 37,763[46], 37,271[47], 34,159[48], 33,845[49], 29,653[50], 37,998[51], 32,835[52], 31,414[53], 86,587[54], 98,555[55]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Rize include Rize–Artvin Airport[56], an artificial island airport[57], in Turkey[58], founded in 2022[59] and Rize goby[60], a taxon[61].
Why It Matters
Rize has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[62] Rize is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[63]
Entities named for Rize include Rize–Artvin Airport[56], an artificial island airport[57], in Turkey[58], founded in 2022[59] and Rize goby[60], a taxon[61].