title: Tunca, Ardeşen
text: # Tunca, Ardeşen
  
  Tunca (Laz language: Dutxe) is a town (belde) in the Ardeşen District, Rize Province, Turkey. Its population is 4,237 (2021). Dutxe is famous for Formulaz festival.
  
  ## History
  
  According to list of villages in Laz language book (2009), name of the village is Dutxa or Dutxe, which is derived from dudi-xa, which means "upper place". Most villagers are ethnically Laz.
  
  