Rize

Rize is a city in the region, on Turkey's Black Sea coast, with a population of 122,000 in 2022. It has limited attractions for tourists but is a good base for exploring the northeast.
  • City with about 148,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (20 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport codes QRI and RZV
  • Description: central district and city in Rize Province, Turkey
  • Also known as
    “Bechirias”
    “Çorum”
    “Rhizaeum”
    “Rhizaion”
    “Rhizus”
    “Rize City”
    “Rizeh”
    “Rizeon”

Places of Interest

Discover Rize Atatürk Museum and Rize castle.
is a partly-ruined medieval castle located in Rize, northeastern Turkey.
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Latitude
41.0248° or 41° 1′ 29″ north
Longitude
40.5199° or 40° 31′ 12″ east
UN/LOCODE
TR RIZ
Open location code
8HH22GF9+WX
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place = city
Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Wu Chinese—“Rize” goes by many names.
ሪዝAmharic
ريزةArabic
ريزهArabic
ՌիզեArmenian
Ռիզեի մարզArmenian
RizeAsturian
RizaeumAzerbaijani
RizəAzerbaijani
RiziniumAzerbaijani
RizeBasque
РызэBelarusian
রিজেBengali
РизеBulgarian
RizeCatalan
RizeCebuano
РизеChechen
里泽Chinese
里澤Chinese
RizeCrimean Tatar
RizeCzech
Rizenská provincieCzech
RizeDanish
RizeDimli (individual language)
RizeDutch
RizountaDutch
ريزهEgyptian Arabic
RizeEsperanto
RizeFinnish
RizeGagauz
რიზეGeorgian
ريزهGilaki
Επαρχία ΡιζούνταςGreek
ΡιζαίονGreek
ΡιζούνταGreek
રાઇઝGujarati
RizeHausa
ריזHebrew
रिज़ेHindi
RizeHungarian
Provinsi RizeIndonesian
RizeIndonesian
RizeIrish
RizeItalian
リゼJapanese
RizeJavanese
ರಯ್ಜ್Kannada
RizeKara-Kalpak
РізеKazakh
RizeKinyarwanda
РізеKirghiz
리제Korean
RîzeKurdish
رزەKurdish
RizeLatvian
RiziniLaz
RizėLithuanian
RizeMalay
रीझMarathi
ریزهMazanderani
RizeMin Nan Chinese
RizeMinangkabau
RizeNauru
RizeNorwegian
RizeNorwegian Bokmål
RizeNorwegian Nynorsk
RizeOromo
РизеOssetian
ਰਿਜ਼ੇPanjabi
ریزهPersian
RizePolish
RizeRomanian
РизеRussian
РизеонRussian
RizeScots
RizeSerbian
РизеSerbian
RizeSerbo-Croatian
RizeSilesian
රීස්Sinhala
RizeSlovak
RizeSlovenian
RizeSomali
ریزهSouth Azerbaijani
RizeSwahili
RizeSwedish
РизаTajik
РизеTajik
RizeTalysh
ரைஸ்Tamil
РизеTatar
РізеTatar
రైజ్Telugu
รีแซThai
RhizaeumTurkish
RhizaionTurkish
RhizusTurkish
RisiniumTurkish
RizeTurkish
Rize MerkezTurkish
RizeonTurkish
РизеUdmurt
РизеUkrainian
РізеUkrainian
ریزہUrdu
RizeUzbek
RizeVenetian
RizeVietnamese
RizeWaray (Philippines)
ՌիզէWestern Armenian
РизеWestern Mari
ریزےWestern Panjabi
里泽Wu Chinese

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