Hemşin

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Hemşin
Hemşin
Coordinates: 41°03′01″N 40°54′06″E / 41.05028°N 40.90167°E / 41.05028; 40.90167Coordinates: 41°03′01″N 40°54′06″E / 41.05028°N 40.90167°E / 41.05028; 40.90167
Country Turkey
Province Rize
Government
 • Mayor Halim Kazım Bekar (AKP)
 • Kaymakam Caner Akgün
Area[1]
 • District 176.16 km2 (68.02 sq mi)
Population (2012)[2]
 • Urban 1,235
 • District 2,022
 • District Density 11/km2 (30/sq mi)
Post code 5355x
Website www.hemsin.bel.tr

Hemşin ( Armenian: Համշէն (Hamshen) or Համամաշէն (Hamamashen; literally meaning Hamam's Hamlet); Laz: ზუგა/Zuga; Georgian: ზუგა/Zuga; also known as Tambur) is a town and district of Rize Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey, 57 km from the city of Rize.

Hemşin is a district of green hills 19 km inland from the Black Sea.

History

Main article: Rize Province

As part of the Rize province, Hemshin had been a refuge for some Cimmerians and was a site of early Greek settlements and once part of the Roman Empire and the succeeding Byzantine Empire.

Demographics

Main article: Hemshin peoples

The Hemshin peoples (Armenian: Համշէնցիներ Hamshentsiner) or Hemshinli (Turkish: Hemşinli) also known as Hamshenis or Homshentsi,[3] are a diverse group of peoples who in the past or present have been affiliated with the Hemşin district in the province of Rize, Turkey.[4][5][6][7]

See also

  • Hamshenis

References

  1. ↑ "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05. 
  2. ↑ "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. 
  3. ↑ Bert Vaux, Hemshinli: The Forgotten Black Sea Armenians, Harvard University, 2001 p. 1
  4. ↑ Bert Vaux. Hemshinli: The Forgotten Black Sea Armenians. Cambridge: Harvard University, 2001, pp. 1-2, 4-5.
  5. ↑ Peter Alford Andrews, Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey. Wiesbaden, Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 1989, pp. 476-477, 483-485, 491.
  6. ↑ Simonian, Hovann H. "Hemshin from Islamicization to the End of the Nineteenth Century" in The Hemshin: History, society and identity in the Highlands of Northeast Turkey. Hovann H. Simonian (ed.) London: Routledge, 2007, p. 80.
  7. ↑ Hachikian, Hagop. "Notes on the Historical Geography and Present Territorial Distribution of the Hemshinili", in The Hemshin, pp. 146-147.

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