Hemşin
Hemşin (Armenian: Համշէն Hamshen or Համամաշէն Hamamashen, literally "Hamam's Hamlet"; Laz and Georgian: ზუგა Zuga), is a town in Rize Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey, 57 km from the city of Rize. It is the seat of Hemşin District.[2] Its population is 1,472 (2021).[1]
History edit
As part of the Rize province, Hemshin had been a refuge for some Cimmerians[citation needed] and was a site of early Greek settlements and once part of the Roman Empire and the succeeding Byzantine Empire.
In the 8th century, Armenian Prince Hamam, his father Prince Shapuh Amatuni, and their people migrated north to the Black Sea region in order to escape Arab invasions of Vaspurakan. They settled in the ruined city of Tambur and its surrounding villages. Prince Hamam rebuilt the city and named it Hamamshen ("Hamam's hamlet" in Armenian), this becoming the nucleus of the modern district.
This Principality of Hamamshen existed until the 14th century, when it was conquered by the Ottoman Empire.
Demographics edit
The Hemshin peoples (Armenian: Համշէնցիներ, Hamshentsiner; Turkish: Hemşinliler) are a diverse group of peoples who in the past or present have been affiliated with the region.[3][4][5][6]
Climate edit
Hemşin has an oceanic climate (Köppen: Cfb).
| Climate data for Hemşin | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.7 (38.7) | 4.4 (39.9) | 6.4 (43.5) | 10.8 (51.4) | 14.6 (58.3) | 18.4 (65.1) | 21.2 (70.2) | 21.3 (70.3) | 18.5 (65.3) | 14.2 (57.6) | 9.9 (49.8) | 6.0 (42.8) | 12.5 (54.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 139 (5.5) | 107 (4.2) | 94 (3.7) | 77 (3.0) | 78 (3.1) | 109 (4.3) | 86 (3.4) | 106 (4.2) | 136 (5.4) | 174 (6.9) | 156 (6.1) | 161 (6.3) | 1,423 (56.1) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[7] | |||||||||||||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ Bert Vaux. Hemshinli: The Forgotten Black Sea Armenians. Cambridge: Harvard University, 2001, pp. 1-2, 4-5.
- ^ Peter Alford Andrews, Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey. Wiesbaden, Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 1989, pp. 476-477, 483-485, 491.
- ^ Simonian, Hovann H. "Hemshin from Islamicization to the End of the Nineteenth Century" in The Hemshin: History, society and identity in the Highlands of Northeast Turkey. Hovann H. Simonian (ed.) London: Routledge, 2007, p. 80.
- ^ Hachikian, Hagop. "Notes on the Historical Geography and Present Territorial Distribution of the Hemshinili", in The Hemshin, pp. 146-147.
- ^ "Climate: Hemşin". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
External links edit
- www.Hamshen.org a multi-language discussion forum
- Armenian History and Presence in Hemşin