Kalkandere

Kalkandere
Kalkandere
	Town
	Location of Kalkandere within Turkey.
	Kalkandere Location of Kalkandere within Turkey.
	Coordinates: 40°55′41″N 40°26′31″E
Country	Turkey
Region	Black Sea
Province	Rize
Government
• Mayor	Kenan Yıldırım (SP)
Area [1]
• District	115.68 km2 (44.66 sq mi)
Elevation	- 1,000 m (−3,000 ft)
Population (2012)[2]
• Urban	5,836
• District	11,910
• District density	100/km2 (270/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

Kalkandere is a town and district of Rize Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey, west of the city of Rize.

Formerly known as Karadere, this is a hilly, forested, rural area of scattered villages, inland from the Black Sea coast. There is little flat land and this is an impoverished area losing its population as they migrate away to jobs in other parts of Turkey or abroad. The local economy depends on growing tea on the hillsides. 90% of the agricultural land is tea plantations and there are tea processing plants in the town. Tea was planted in the 1950s and has brought new life to the area. Other activities include bee-keeping.

Kalkandere itself 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.

History

See Rize Province for the history of this area.

Places of interest

There is a picnic area on the road between Kalkandere and İkizdere.

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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.

External links

District governor's official website (in Turkish)

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[distr-area-1] "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.

[population-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.