İyidere
İyidere | |
|---|---|
Town | |
 Location of İyidere within Turkey. | |
  İyidere Location of İyidere within Turkey. | |
| Coordinates: 41°0′43″N 40°21′43″E / 41.01194°N 40.36194°ECoordinates: 41°0′43″N 40°21′43″E / 41.01194°N 40.36194°E | |
| Country |  Turkey |
| Region | Black Sea |
| Province | Rize |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ahmet Mete (AKP) |
| Area | |
| • District | 22.67 km2 (8.75 sq mi) |
| Population (2012)[2] | |
| • Urban | 4,603 |
| • District | 8,223 |
| • District density | 360/km2 (940/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 53 |
| Area code(s) | (0090)+ 464 |
| Licence plate | 53 |
| Climate | Cfa |
| Website | http://www.iyidere.gov.tr/ |
İyidere is a town and district of Rize Province on the Black Sea coast of north-eastern Turkey, 14 km from the city of Rize.
Formerly known as Aspet, İyidere is a green rural district. The local economy depends on growing and processing tea, plus some other farming and fishing.
Climate[]
İyidere has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cfa).
| Climate data for İyidere | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.5 (43.7) |
6.8 (44.2) |
8.1 (46.6) |
11.7 (53.1) |
15.7 (60.3) |
19.5 (67.1) |
22.1 (71.8) |
22.4 (72.3) |
19.8 (67.6) |
15.7 (60.3) |
12.1 (53.8) |
8.7 (47.7) |
14.1 (57.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 172 (6.8) |
134 (5.3) |
117 (4.6) |
79 (3.1) |
80 (3.1) |
106 (4.2) |
88 (3.5) |
118 (4.6) |
154 (6.1) |
201 (7.9) |
183 (7.2) |
185 (7.3) |
1,617 (63.7) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[3] | |||||||||||||
History[]
See Rize Province for the history of the area, once part of the trading network of the Ancient Greeks based in Miletos, who founded the port of İyidere, then part of the Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire and the Empire of Trebizond until it was brought into the Ottoman Empire by Mehmet II in 1461.
References[]
- ^ "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
- ^ "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
- ^ "Climate: İyidere". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
External links[]
- (in Turkish) District municipality's official website
- (in Turkish) District governor's official website
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- Populated places in Rize Province
- Fishing communities in Turkey
- Populated coastal places in Turkey
- Districts of Rize Province
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