İyidere
İyidere is a town in Rize Province on the Black Sea coast of north-eastern Turkey, 14 km from the city of Rize. It is the seat of İyidere District. Its population is 5,362 (2021).
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 | |||||||||||||
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.
References
- ^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- ^ İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- ^ "Climate: İyidere". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
External links
- (in Turkish) Municipality's official website
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