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.
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  • Type: City with 120,000 residents
  • Description: central district and city in Rize Province, Turkey
  • Also known as: “Bechirias”, “Çorum”, “Rhizaeum”, “Rhizaion”, “Rhizus”, “Risinium”, “Rize City”, “Rizeh”, and “Rizeon”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rize Atatürk Museum and Rize castle.

Museum
Photo: Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a museum in Rize, . The museum is in the Müftü quarter of Rize, and is locally known as Mehmet Mataracı mansion. It is to the east of the city stadium and to the south of the main road.

Castle
Photo: Babbsack, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a partly-ruined medieval castle located in Rize, northeastern Turkey. is situated on a hill southwest of the city center, and offers a panoramic view of the city.

Rize

Latitude
41.0248° or 41° 1′ 29″ north
Longitude
40.5199° or 40° 31′ 12″ east
Population
120,000
Elevation
63 metres (207 feet)
IATA airport codes
QRI and RZV
United Nations Location Code
TR RIZ
Open location code
8HH22GF9+WX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26486097
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
740483
Wiki­data ID
Q201101
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Wu Chinese—“Rize” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ሪዝ”
  • Arabic: “ريزة”
  • Arabic: “ريزه”
  • Armenian: “Ռիզե”
  • Armenian: “Ռիզեի մարզ”
  • Asturian: “Rize”
  • Azerbaijani: “Rizaeum”
  • Azerbaijani: “Rizə”
  • Azerbaijani: “Rizinium”
  • Basque: “Rize”
  • Belarusian: “Рызэ”
  • Bengali: “রিজে”
  • Bulgarian: “Ризе”
  • Catalan: “Rize”
  • Cebuano: “Rize”
  • Chechen: “Ризе”
  • Chinese: “Rize”
  • Chinese: “里泽”
  • Chinese: “里澤”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Rize”
  • Czech: “Rize”
  • Czech: “Rizenská provincie”
  • Danish: “Rize”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Rize”
  • Dutch: “Rize”
  • Dutch: “Rizounta”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ريزه”
  • Esperanto: “Rize”
  • Finnish: “Rize”
  • French: “Rize”
  • Gagauz: “Rize”
  • Georgian: “რიზე”
  • German: “Rize”
  • Gilaki: “ريزه”
  • Greek: “Επαρχία Ριζούντας”
  • Greek: “Ριζαίον”
  • Greek: “Ριζούντα”
  • Gujarati: “રાઇઝ”
  • Hausa: “Rize”
  • Hebrew: “ריז”
  • Hindi: “रिज़े”
  • Hindi: “रीज़े”
  • Hungarian: “Rize”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Rize”
  • Indonesian: “Rize”
  • Irish: “Rize”
  • Italian: “Rize”
  • Japanese: “リゼ”
  • Javanese: “Rize”
  • Kannada: “ರಯ್ಜ್”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Rize”
  • Kazakh: “Різе”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Rize”
  • Kirghiz: “Різе”
  • Korean: “리제”
  • Kurdish: “Rize”
  • Kurdish: “Rîze”
  • Kurdish: “رزە”
  • Latvian: “Rize”
  • Lithuanian: “Rizė”
  • Malay: “Rize”
  • Marathi: “रीझ”
  • Mazanderani: “ریزه”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Rize”
  • Minangkabau: “Rize”
  • Nauru: “Rize”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rize”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rize”
  • Norwegian: “Rize”
  • Oromo: “Rize”
  • Ossetian: “Ризе”
  • Panjabi: “ਰਿਜ਼ੇ”
  • Persian: “ریزه”
  • Polish: “Rize”
  • Portuguese: “Rhizus”
  • Portuguese: “Riza”
  • Portuguese: “Rizaion”
  • Portuguese: “Rize”
  • Portuguese: “Rizeu”
  • Portuguese: “Rizini”
  • Portuguese: “Rizo”
  • Portuguese: “Rizounta”
  • Pushto: “رائزے”
  • Romanian: “Rize”
  • Russian: “Ризе”
  • Russian: “Ризеон”
  • Scots: “Rize”
  • Serbian: “Rize”
  • Serbian: “Ризе”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Rize”
  • Silesian: “Rize”
  • Sinhala: “රීස්”
  • Slovak: “Rize”
  • Slovenian: “Rize”
  • Somali: “Rize”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ریزه”
  • Spanish: “Rize”
  • Swahili: “Rize”
  • Swedish: “Rize”
  • Tajik: “Риза”
  • Tajik: “Ризе”
  • Talysh: “Rize”
  • Tamil: “ரைஸ்”
  • Tatar: “Ризе”
  • Tatar: “Різе”
  • Telugu: “రైజ్”
  • Thai: “รีแซ”
  • Turkish: “Rhizaeum”
  • Turkish: “Rhizaion”
  • Turkish: “Rhizus”
  • Turkish: “Risinium”
  • Turkish: “Rize Merkez”
  • Turkish: “Rize”
  • Turkish: “Rizeon”
  • Udmurt: “Ризе”
  • Ukrainian: “Ризе”
  • Ukrainian: “Різе”
  • Urdu: “ریزہ”
  • Uzbek: “Rize”
  • Venetian: “Rize”
  • Vietnamese: “Rize”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Rize”
  • Western Armenian: “Ռիզէ”
  • Western Mari: “Ризе”
  • Western Panjabi: “ریزے”
  • Wu Chinese: “里泽”
  • “Rize”

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