Pazar
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Key facts
- Country
- Turkey
- Province
- Rize
- District
- Pazar
- Mayor
- Neşet Çakır ( CHP )
- Elevation
- 37 m (121 ft)
- Population 2021
- 17,946
- Time zone
- UTC+3 ( TRT )
- Area code
- 0464
- Climate
- Cfa
- Website
- pazar .bel .tr
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- Turkey
- Located in
- Rize Province
- Population
- 31527
- Elevation
- 37
- Time zone
- time in Turkey
- Body of water
- Black Sea
- Image
- Atina-Pazar, Rize, Lazistan ქ. ათინა, ლაზეთი.jpg
Show 5 more facts
- urban population
- 17946
- Commons category
- Pazar, Rize
- topic's main category
- Category:Pazar, Rize
- rural population
- 13732
- name in kana
- パザル
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Pazar (Laz and Georgian: ათინა, Atina; Greek: Αθήνα, romanized: Athína) is a town in Rize Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey, 37 km east of the city of Rize. It is the seat of Pazar District. Its population is 17,946 (2021). The town contains many inhabitants of Laz and Georgian ancestries as well as other peoples. The town consists of the quarters Gazi, Kocaköprü, Ocak, Beyaztaş, Güzelyalı, Zafer, İkiztepe, Kirazlık, Cumhuriyet, Pazar, Soğuksu and Yukarı Soğuksu.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pazar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.