Çamlıhemşin
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Çamlıhemşin is a town and a district of Rize Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is an important access point to Kaçkar mountains. The town was originally known as Vija or Vije.[citation needed] Its current name literally translates as "piney Hamshen". This is a combination of the terms "Çamlı" which in Turkish means "pine-forested" or "piney" and "Hemşin", the Turkish translation for the Armenian name "Hamshen" (a term usually used to refer to the present-day Hemşin district of Rize). The addition of the term "Çamlı" is most likely a reference to the type of trees that can be found in the region. There are 8,237 residents in Çamlıhemşin, the majority of whom are Muslim Hamshenis, an ethnic group of Armenian origin who speak a Turkish dialect Hemşince which was adopted under Turkic rule. [1]
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- ^ Bert Vaux, Hemshinli: The Forgotten Black Sea Armenians, Harvard University, 2001.
 Çamlıhemşin in Rize Province (in the Black Sea region) of Turkey |
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| Rural districts | Ardeşen - Çamlıhemşin - Çayeli - Derepazarı - Fındıklı - Güneysu - Hemşin - İkizdere - İyidere - Kalkandere - Pazar | |
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| Black Sea | ||
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