Çayeli

Çayeli () is a town in Rize Province on the Black Sea coast of eastern Turkey, 18 km east of the city of Rize. It is the seat of Çayeli District. Its population is 24,583 (2021).

Key facts

Turkey place.type: municipality
Turkey place.name: Çayeli
Turkey place.other_name: Mapavri
Turkey place.image_skyline: Çayeli-16.jpg
Turkey place.province: Rize
Turkey place.district: Çayeli
Turkey place.leader_party: MHP
Turkey place.leader_name: İsmail Hakkı Çiftçi
Turkey place.elevation_m: 10
Turkey place.population_total: 24583
Turkey place.population_as_of: 2021
Turkey place.area_code: 0464
Turkey place.blank1_name: Climate
Turkey place.blank1_info: Cfa

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: town
Country: Turkey
Located in: Rize Province
Population: 44304
Time zone: time in Turkey
Body of water: Black Sea
Official website: www.cayeli.bel.tr
Image: Çayeli-16.jpg

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Commons category: Çayeli
Commons gallery: Çayeli
postal code: 53
described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
urban population: 24583
rural population: 18895

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Çayeli () is a town in Rize Province on the Black Sea coast of eastern Turkey, 18 km east of the city of Rize. It is the seat of Çayeli District. Its population is 24,583 (2021).

Çay means tea in Turkish and a large percentage of Turkey's tea is indeed grown in this lush green district. The town consists of 18 quarters, including Limanköy.

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