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Giresun

AREA: 6.934 km²
POPULATION: 499.087 (1990)
TRAFFIC CODE: 28

DISTRICTS: Giresun (center), Alucra, Bulancak, Çamoluk, Dereli, Espiye, Eynesil, Görele, Keşap, Piraziz, Şebilkarahisar, Tirebolu, Yağlıdere.

SITES OF INTEREST: Giresun Island, Kulakkaya, Dokuzgöz and Salon Çayırı forest recreation areas, Municipal beach , Giresun, Arda, Kaledere, Kuşluhan, Andoz, Eynesil, Şebinkarahisar, Center (Saint Jean) and Bedrama (Bodrum) castles, Virgin Mary churches and monastries at Giresun, Hisarköy (Dereli) and Şebinkarahisar, Gebe Church, Hacı Hüseyin, Hacı Mikdad, Kale, Fahreddin Behramşah, Fatih and Kurşunlu mosques, Stone Mosque (Taş Mescid), Kurşunlu Bath and Fountain , Pertevniyal fountains , Bazaars(Taşhanlar)

Camps

Municipal Beach
Güre Mevkii / Giresun

Bulancak Beach
Bulancak / Giresun

Tirebolu Beach
Tirebolu / Giresun

Salon Çayırı Forest Recreation Area
Kümbet High Plateau
Dereli / Giresun

Municipal Beach , Düzköy Altı
Keşap / Giresun

Provincial Cultural Directorate

Tel: (454) 216 35 60
Fax: (454) 212 17 61

State Fine Arts Gallery Directorate

Sami Oytun Kültür Sitesi FevziPasha Cad.
Hacıhüseyin Mah.
GİRESUN

Registered Immobile Cultural and Natural Heritages in Giresun

Sites
Archaeological Sites: 5
Urban Sites: 1
Natural Sites: 1
Historical Sites: 1
Other Sites
Archaeological and Natural Sites: 3
Total: 11
Cultural (at Single Construction Scale) and Natural Heritages: 324
TOTAL: 335

Significant Days

Local Days of Celebration:

Arrival of Atatürk at Giresun
Giresun
19 September

Arrival of Atatürk at Şebinkarahisar
Şebinkarahisar
11 October

Festivals:

Aksu Culture and Art Festival
Starts at the point where Aksu river reaches the sea
and continues in the city
20-23 May

Festivities:

Sisdağı Otçu Festivities
Sis Plateau
July Last Week

Kümbet Plateau Festivities
Kümbet Plateau
2nd week of July
(Friday, Saturday, Sunday)

Şeyh Mahmut Çağırtan Festivities
Çamoluk
2nd week of July
(Friday,Saturday)

Bulancak Culture and Art Festivities
Bulancak Erikli Village
22-27 July

Çamoluk Honey Festivity
Çamoluk
30 September

Bektaş Plateau Festivity
Bektaş Plateau
First week of August (Sat. Sun. )

Governorship of Giresun

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