Çamlıhemşin

Çamlıhemşin, formerly Vice, ( or ; Vija ) is a small town in Rize Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Çamlıhemşin District. Its population is 1,763 (2021).

Key facts

Turkey place.type: municipality
Turkey place.name: Çamlıhemşin
Turkey place.image_skyline: Pokut Yaylası 4.jpg
Turkey place.image_caption: Pokut plateau. Clouds above the mountains of Rize
Turkey place.province: Rize
Turkey place.district: Çamlıhemşin
Turkey place.leader_party: AKP
Turkey place.leader_name: Osman Haşimoğlu
Turkey place.elevation_m: 300
Turkey place.population_total: 1763
Turkey place.population_as_of: 2021
Turkey place.area_code: 0464
Turkey place.blank1_name: Climate
Turkey place.blank1_info: Cfb

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Instance of: town
Country: Turkey
Located in: Rize Province
Population: 8121
Time zone: time in Turkey
Image: Rizemountain2.jpg

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Commons category: Çamlıhemşin
urban population: 1763
described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
rural population: 5166

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Çamlıhemşin, formerly Vice, ( or ; Vija ) is a small town in Rize Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Çamlıhemşin District. Its population is 1,763 (2021).

With its mountains and valleys in all shades of green, Çamlıhemşin has a reputation as one of the most attractive parts of the eastern Black Sea region according to CNN, particularly during and thanks to its autumn foliage.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Çamlıhemşin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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