Kalkandere is a town in
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 o ...
in the
Black Sea
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region of
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...
, west of 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 w ...
. It is the seat of
Kalkandere District.
[İlçe Belediyesi]
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023. Its population is 6,871 (2021).
Kalkandere is a small town providing public services to the surrounding area. There are primary schools in the villages but children must come into town for high school. There are tea processing plants in the town.
History
See ''
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 o ...
'' for the history of this area.
Places of interest
There is a picnic area on the road between Kalkandere and
İkizdere.
References
Populated places in Rize Province
Kalkandere District
District municipalities in Turkey
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