Hemşin
Hemşin, is a town in Rize Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey, 57 km from the city of Rize. It is the seat of Hemşin District. Its population is 1,472.
- Type: Town with 1,470 residents
- Description: district and town of Rize, Turkey
- Also known as: “Hamamaşén”, “Hamşén”, “Hemsin”, “Hemşin (distritu)”, “ilçe”, “Ortaköy”, “Tambur”, “Zuğa Ortaköy”, “Zugaortaköy”, “Амшин”, “Համամշեն”, and “هِمْشِين”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Başköy and Uğrak.
Başköy
Village
Başköy is a village in the Pazar District, Rize Province, in Black Sea Region of Turkey. Başköy is situated 4½ km north of Hemşin.
Uğrak
Village
Uğrak is a village in the Pazar District, Rize Province, in Black Sea Region of Turkey. Uğrak is situated 5 km northeast of Hemşin.
Derinsu
Village
Derinsu is a village in the Pazar District, Rize Province, in Black Sea Region of Turkey. Derinsu is situated 5 km north of Hemşin.
Hemşin
- Categories: historical region and locality
- Location: Hemşin District, Rize Province, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
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Latitude
41.04752° or 41° 2′ 51″ north
Longitude
40.8988° or 40° 53′ 56″ east
Population
1,470
Elevation
305 metres (1,001 feet)
Open location code
8HH22VXX+2G
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Hemşin” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “همشين”
- Armenian: “Համշեն”
- Armenian: “Համշէն”
- Asturian: “Hemşin”
- Cebuano: “Hemşin İlçesi”
- Chechen: “ХӀемшин”
- Chinese: “赫姆欣”
- Dimli (individual language): “Hemşin”
- Dutch: “Hemşin”
- Esperanto: “Hemşin”
- French: “Hemşin”
- German: “Hemşin”
- Hungarian: “Hemşin”
- Irish: “Hemşin”
- Italian: “Distretto di Hemşin”
- Malay: “Hemşin”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Hemşin”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hemşin”
- Norwegian: “Hemşin”
- Persian: “همشین”
- Portuguese: “Hemşin”
- Portuguese: “Henxim”
- Russian: “Амшен”
- Russian: “Хемшин”
- Serbian: “Хемшин”
- Swahili: “Hemşin”
- Tatar: “Хемшин”
- Turkish: “Hemşin”
- Urdu: “ہمشین”
- Vietnamese: “Hemşin”
- Western Armenian: “Համշեն”
- Western Mari: “Хемшин”
- Western Panjabi: “ضلع ہیمشن”
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