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Lazistan Lazona
Historical region
Historical Lazistan
Coordinates: 40°55′54″N 40°50′52″E / 40.93167°N 40.84778°E / 40.93167; 40.84778
Country	Georgia  Turkey
Largest city	Rize
Lazistan is not an official subdivision of either Georgia or Turkey; it constitutes a historical region only.

Laz people
Place of distribution Lazistan Georgia Turkey Germany
Religion Sunni Islam Christianity Eparchy of Batumi and Lazeti The Seven Brothers of Lazia Laz Martyrs Churches: Jibistasi, Noghedi, Pironity
Culture Laz language Laz grammar Barchkhali Dance Cuisine Agani Murutsxi (Newspaper)
History Colchian culture ancient Colchian tribes Colchis Satrapy of Persia Greek colonisation Pontus Roman rule Kingdom of Lazica Christianization Byzantine rule Trebizond Empire Kingdom of Imereti Ottoman rule Hellenization Laz rebellion (1832–1834)
Related peoples Mingrelians Svans other groups of Georgians Pontic Greeks (possibly)
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Lazistan or Lazeti (Laz: ლაზონა, romanized: Lazona; Georgian: ლაზეთი, or ჭანეთი Ç'aneti; Ottoman Turkish: لازستان, romanized: Lazistān) is a historical and cultural region of the Caucasus and Anatolia, the term was primarily used during Ottoman rule in the region. Traditionally inhabited by the Laz people and located mostly in Turkey, with small parts in Georgia, its area is about 7,000 km (2,703 sq mi) with a modern-day population of around 500,000 (including groups outside of the Laz peoples).

Geographically, Lazistan consists of a series of narrow, rugged valleys extending northward from the crest of the Pontic Alps (Turkish: Kuzey Anadolu Dağları, Pontik Alpleri), which separate it from the Çoruh Valley, and stretches east–west along the southern shore of the Black Sea. The term “Lazistan” has no longer been in use in Turkey or Georgia since the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.

Etymology

The ethnonym "Laz" is unhesitatingly linked to a Svan toponym Lazan (i.e. the territorial prefix la- + Zan, "land of the Zan"). The suffix -stan (Persian: ـستان, translit. stân) is Persian for region. The literal translation is, thus, "Region of the Laz". "Lazistan" has also been referred to Lazica or Lazia.

History

Antiquity

Medieval

The Ottoman era

Modern

See also

• Lazistan Sanjak

Notes

References

1. Thys-Senocak, Lucienne (2017-03-02). Ottoman Women Builders. doi:10.4324/9781315247472. ISBN 9781315247472.

External links

• Map of distribution of Laz people

v t e Historical regions of Georgia
Abkhazia	Abkhazeti Abzhua Tsebelda Samurzakano
Adjara	Machakhela Chaneti
Guria	Lazika Surebi
Imereti	Argveti Vake Mukhurisi Okriba Sachino Sajavakho
Kakheti	Garekakheti Gagmamkhari Gujareti Kiziki Hereti Saingilo Tusheti
Kvemo Kartli	Borchalo Gardabani Gachiani Dmaniskhevi
Mtskheta-Mtianeti	Mtiuleti Mukhrani Pshavi Pkhovi Tskhavati Ksniskhevi Tskhradzmiskhevi Tsanareti Tsilkani Tsobeni Tchartali Khada Khandro Khevi Khevsureti Kherki Khorkhi
Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti	Takveri Lechkhumi Racha Kvemo Svaneti
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti	Egrisi Odishi Sabediano Samegrelo Svaneti
Shida Kartli	Bazaleti Dvaleti Maghrandvaleti Samachablo Zena Sopeli
Tao-Klarjeti	Tao Klarjeti Speri Kola Shavsheti Ardahan Nigali Basiani Sokhoista Zemo Kartli Tori Trialeti Samtskhe Javakheti

• Laz people
• Lazistan
• Historical regions of Anatolia
• Historical regions of Georgia (country)