Artvin Province

Artvin

Artuin Արտուին
Artvini ართვინი
Artvin Artuin Արտուին; Artvini ართვინი
Province
	Location of Artvin Province in Turkey
Country	Turkey
Region	East Black Sea
Area
• Total	7,436 km2 (2,871 sq mi)
Population (2020)
• Total	169,501
• Density	23/km2 (59/sq mi)

Artvin Province (Laz and Georgian: ართვინი, romanized: artvini; Armenian: Արտուին, romanized: Artuin) is a province in Turkey, on the Black Sea coast in the northeastern corner of the country, on the border with Georgia.

Armenian (Hemshin),[1][lower-alpha 1] Georgian, Laz and Turkish people live in Artvin.

References

Simonian, Hovann (2007). The Hemshin: History, Society and Identity in the Highlands of Northeast Turkey. Routledge. p. 320, "The Hemshin People live in [...] from the county of Çayeli, in the province of Rize, as far east as the Georgian border of the county of Hopa, in the province of Artvin."

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[1] Simonian, Hovann (2007). The Hemshin: History, Society and Identity in the Highlands of Northeast Turkey. Routledge. p. 320, "The Hemshin People live in [...] from the county of Çayeli, in the province of Rize, as far east as the Georgian border of the county of Hopa, in the province of Artvin."

[2] Parenthesis marks have been removed in quote.