İyidere

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.

İyidere
Town
Location of İyidere within Turkey.
İyidere
Location of İyidere within Turkey.
Coordinates: 41°0′43″N 40°21′43″E
Country Turkey
RegionBlack Sea
ProvinceRize
Government
 • MayorAhmet Mete (AKP)
Area
 • District22.67 km2 (8.75 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Urban
4,603
 • District
8,223
 • District density360/km2 (940/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
53
Area code(s)(0090)+ 464
Licence plate53
ClimateCfa
Websitehttp://www.iyidere.gov.tr/

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.

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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. "Climate: İyidere". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 15 April 2014.


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