Kalkandere
Kalkandere is a district of Rize.
Kalkandere
Kalkandere is a district of Rize.
Kalkandere District is a district of the Rize Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town of Kalkandere. Its area is 107 km2, and its population is 13,511 (2021). There is a distance of 21 km between Kalkandere and Rize city center, located in the Black Sea Region. 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 Kalkandere. Tea was planted in the 1950s and has brought new life to the area.
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Rize
Rize is the tea capital of Türkiye, with steep green slopes rising from the Black Sea. Ayder, the Fırtına valley, Çamlıhemşin and the Kaçkar highlands are the main draws, along with tea gardens and local cuisine.
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