Rize District (also: ''Merkez'', meaning "central") is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...

of the

Rize Province Rize Province ( tr, Rize ili) is a province of northeast Turkey, on the eastern Black Sea coast between Trabzon and Artvin. The province of Erzurum is to the south. It was formerly known as Lazistan, the designation of the term of Lazistan was ...

of Turkey. Its seat is the city of

Rize Rize (Greek: ρίζα, Laz: რიზინი, Georgian: რიზე, , Ottoman Turkish: ريزه) is the capital city of Rize Province in the eastern part of the Black Sea Region of Turkey. Rize is a typically Turkish provincial capital with ...

.İlçe Belediyesi
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023. Its area is 253 km², and its population is 150,414 (2021).

Composition

There are four

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...

in Rize District: * Kendirli * Muradiye *

* Salarha There are 60

villages A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

in Rize District:Köy
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023. * Akarsu * Akpınar * Aktaş * Ambarlık * Ayane * Azaklıhoca * Balıkçılar * Beştepe * Bıldırcınköy * Boğaz * Camidağı * Çaybaşı * Çaycılar * Çimenli * Derebaşı * Dörtyol * Düzköy * Elmalı * Erenköy * Gölgeli * Güzelköy * Güzelyurt * Karasu * Karayemiş * Ketenli * Kırklartepesi * Kocatepe * Köprülü * Küçükçayır * Küçükköy * Kurtuluş * Melek * Ortapazar * Örnek * Pazarköy * Pekmezli * Pınarbaşı * Selimiye * Soğukçeşme * Söğütlü * Sütlüce * Taşköprü * Taşlık * Taşpınar * Tekke * Topkaya * Tuğlalı * Üçkaya * Uzunköy * Veliköy * Yemişlik * Yenidoğan * Yenigüzel * Yenikale * Yenikasarcılar * Yeniselimiye * Yeşildere * Yolüstü * Yolveren * Zincirliköprü

References

Districts of Rize Province * {{Rize-geo-stub