Güneysu

thumb|Rize location Güneysu Güneysu is a town in Rize Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey, inland from the city of Rize. It is the seat of Güneysu District. Its population is 8,722 (2021).

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Turkey place.type: municipality
Turkey place.name: Güneysu
Turkey place.image_skyline: File:Guneysu-kanboz - panoramio.jpg
Turkey place.province: Rize
Turkey place.district: Güneysu
Turkey place.leader_party: AKP
Turkey place.leader_name: Rıfat Özer
Turkey place.population_total: 8722
Turkey place.population_as_of: 2021
Turkey place.blank1_name: Climate
Turkey place.blank1_info: Cfa

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People from Güneysu
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thumb|Rize location Güneysu Güneysu is a town in Rize Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey, inland from the city of Rize. It is the seat of Güneysu District. Its population is 8,722 (2021).

==History== Güneysu was formerly named in Greek Potamya (Ποταμιὰ, "river village") and the name persists in local usage to this day, as Güneysu stands on a plain watered by the Potamya river, a tributary of the Taşlıdere (or Askoroz) river (the ancient and Byzantine Ἄσκουρος ποταμός).