Pirinçlik is a village in the
Ardeşen District
Ardeşen District is a district of the Rize Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town of Ardeşen.[Rize Province
Rize Province () is a province of northeast Turkey, on the eastern Black Sea coast between Trabzon and Artvin. The province of Erzurum is to the south. Its area is 3,835 km2, and its population is 344,016 (2022). The capital is the city of R ...]
, in
Black Sea Region of Turkey. Its population is 405 (2021).
History
As of 1928, the name of the village was Sifat. According to an Ottoman source (1681), the name of the village was Ghatvani. Most villagers are ethnically
Laz.
Geography
The village is located away from
Ardeşen
Ardeşen (Laz language, Laz and Georgian language, Georgian: არტაშენი/Art'asheni or არდაშენი/Ardasheni; Armenian language, Armenian: Արտաշեն/Artashen) is a town in Rize Province in the Black Sea Region, Turkey ...
.
References
Villages in Ardeşen District
Laz settlements in Turkey
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