Rize

• Belediye / Municipality:
www.rize.bel.tr
• Valilik / Governorate:
www.rize.gov.tr

Rize is the capital city of Rize Province in the eastern part of the Black Sea Region of Turkey. Τhe name comes from Greek as though ρίζα (riza) or Ριζαίον (Rizaion), meaning "mountain slopes",ρίζα in Greek means root. In modern times, its name in Greek was usually Ριζούντα (Rizunda). Its Latin forms are Rhizus and Rhizaeum, the latter of which is used in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees as the name of bishopric of the town, which was once part of the late Roman province of Pontus Polemoniacus). The name Rize is spelled ريزه in Ottoman Turkish, and რიზე in Georgian. The name in Laz is Rizini (რიზინი).