Giresun (Province)

Giresun
Province number:	28
Counties
Basic data
Coordinates:	40 ° 35 ' N , 38 ° 36' E Coordinates: 40 ° 35 ' N , 38 ° 36' E
Provincial capital:	Giresun
Region:	Black Sea Region
Surface:	7,025 km²
Population:	453,912 (2018)
Population density:	64.6 inhabitants / km²
Political
Governor:	Harun Sarifakioğullari
Seats in Parliament:	4th
Structural
Telephone code:	0454
Features :	28
Website
	www.giresun.gov.tr (Turkish)

Giresun is a province ( İl ) of Turkey . It is located in northeast Turkey on the Black Sea . It has borders with the following provinces : Trabzon in the east, Gümüşhane in the southeast, Erzincan in the south, Sivas in the south and southwest and Ordu in the west. The Black Sea forms the natural border in the north.

Typical of the entire eastern Black Sea coast of Turkey are the mountain ranges and mountains of the Pontus Mountains , which extend to the coast of the Black Sea. The region is known not only in Turkey for this imposing landscape. Flat areas in the city of Giresun can only be found on the narrow coastal strip and between the two rivers and estuaries of the Batlama and Aksu Deresi . About two kilometers off the coast of Giresun is the small island of Giresun Adası (Aretias). According to Greek mythology , Heracles met the Amazons on this island .

Administrative division

The Giresun Province consists of 16 counties:

district	Area ¹ (km²)	Population (2018) ²		Number of Units			Density (Ew / km²)	urban share (in%)	Sex ratio ³	Founding date ^4.5
district	Area ¹ (km²)	District ( İlçe )	Administrative headquarters (Merkez)	Municipalities (Belediye)	City quarter (Mahalle)	Villages (Köy)	Density (Ew / km²)	urban share (in%)	Sex ratio ³	Founding date ^4.5
Alucra	1,138	12,250	4,539	1	6th	38	10.8	37.05	957
Bulancak	774	66,736	42,936	3	27	59	86.2	72.16	1011	1934
Çamoluk	444	9,759	3,938	1	8th	27	22.0	40.35	876	1990
Çanakçı	142	6,431	1,908	1	4th	15th	45.3	29.67	994	1990
Dereli	849	20,405	5,549	2	12	34	24.0	41.23	966	1958
Dogankent	110	6,690	3,426	1	5	9	60.8	51.21	967	1990
Espiye	248	34,592	21,431	2	13	31	139.48	68.5	964	1957
Eynesil	51	13,955	8,069	2	12	11	273.6	73.24	1141	1960
Giresun Merkez	376	135.920	113,761	2	33	53	361.59	86.01	1034
Gorele	237	33,510	17,427	2	21st	60	141.4	59.32	1001
Güce	351	7,809	3,062	1	4th	15th	22.3	39.21	990	1990
Keşap	197	20,616	9,308	1	6th	44	104.7	45.15	1022	1945
Piraziz	127	14,659	8,324	1	9	22nd	115.4	56.78	993	1987
Şebinkarahisar	1,396	21,814	11,033	1	15th	62	15.6	50.58	986	1933
Tirebolu	259	32.008	16,541	1	8th	49	123.6	51.68	1019
Yağlıdere	327	16,758	6,422	2	15th	22nd	51.3	52.21	994	1987
PROVINCE of Giresun	7,025	453.912		24	198	551	64.6	65.67	1008

Sources
¹ Area 2014
² Population update on December 31, 2018
³ Gender ratio : number of women per 1000 men (calculated)
⁴ PDF file of the Ministry of the Interior
⁵ districts that were only formed after the establishment of Turkey (1923).

Communities

In addition to the district towns, there are eight other municipalities ( Belediye ):

Duroğlu (central district, 3,149)
Yavuzkemal (Dereli District, 2,865)
Aydındere (Bulancak County, 2,753)
Kovanlık (Bulancak County, 2,468)

Çavuşlu (Görele district, 2,451)
Üçtepe (Yağlıdere County, 2,328)
Soğukpınar (Espiye County 2,254)
Ören (Eynesil district, 2,152 pop.)

Of the district towns, only Çanakçı has fewer than 2,000 inhabitants, so it has no status as a Belde (small town).

Villages

There are 551 villages ( Köy ) in the province , two fewer than a year earlier. Both former villages were upgraded to districts ( Mahalle ): Arifli (Bulancak County) and Balçıkbelen (Tirebolu County). The villages have an average population of 283 people per village. Most of the residents in each village are in Yağlıdere County (364), while least of them are in Şebinkarahisar County (174). Only two of the villages have more than a thousand inhabitants: Esenli (Görele County, 1,082) and Sınırköy (Yağlıdere County, population 1,070). With 18 inhabitants, Kayalı from Şebinkarahisar County is the smallest village in the province.

population

The population consists of Turks and Lasen .

Results of the population extrapolation

The following table shows the annual population development at the end of the year after updating by the addressable population register (ADNKS) introduced in 2007. In addition, the population growth rate and the sex ratio (ie number of women per 1000 men) are listed. The 2011 census determined 420,433 inhabitants, over 103,000 more than in the 2000 census.

year	Population at the end of the year			Population growth rate (in%)	Gender ratio (women per 1000 men)	Rank (among 81 provinces)
year	total	male	Female	Population growth rate (in%)	Gender ratio (women per 1000 men)	Rank (among 81 provinces)
2018	453.912	226.067	227.845	3.78	1008	44
2017	437.393	217.251	220.142	−1.59	1013	44
2016	444,467	220.414	224.053	4.17	1017	44
2015	426.686	210.967	215.719	−0.77	1023	44
2014	429.984	212,489	217,495	1.17	1024	45
2013	425.007	209.961	215.046	1.30	1024	45
2012	419,555	207.160	212.395	0.01	1025	45
2011	419,498	207,579	211,919	0.06	1021	45
2010	419.256	206.730	212,526	−0.62	1028	46
2009	421.860	209.355	212.505	0.02	1015	45
2008	421,766	209.058	212,708	1.02	1017	45
2007	417.505	206,447	211.058	-	1022	45
2000	316.841	169.046	147,795		874	39

Census results

The following tables show the population of Giresun Province documented in the 14 censuses .
The values in the table on the left are taken from e-books (from the original documents), the values in the table on the right come from the data query of the Turkish statistical institute TÜIK - available on this website:

year	population		rank
year	province	Turkey	rank
1927	165.033	13,648,270	40
1935	260.154	16.158.018	29
1940	279.236	17,820,950	28
1945	283,626	18,790,174	30th
1950	299,555	20,947,188	32
1955	334.457	24,064,763	32
1960	381.453	27,754,820	32

year	population		rank
year	province	Turkey	rank
1965	428.015	31,391,421	32
1970	451,679	35.605.176	34
1975	463,587	40,347,719	36
1980	480,083	44,736,957	37
1985	502.151	50,664,458	40
1990	499.087	56.473.035	40
2000	523.819	67,803,927	41

Number of provinces in relation to the census years:

1927, 1940 to 1950: 63 provinces
1935: 57 provinces
1955: 67 provinces
1960 to 1985: 73 provinces
1990: 73 provinces
2000: 81 provinces

economy

Fiskobirlik, one of the largest hazelnut factories in Turkey, is located in Giresun . In addition to fresh hazelnuts, she also sells nut nougat creams , hazelnut oils and hazelnut butter called Fındık ezmesi .

Landscape and climate

The city has a very rich agriculture and grows most of Turkey's hazelnuts . There is also cultivation of walnuts and cherries as well as the production of leather and timber in Giresun. The climate in Giresun is humid and mild.

Interesting places

The island's forest recreation sites in front of Giresun, Kulakkaya, Dokuzgöze, Salon Çayırı, the city's sandy beach, Giresun Castle (Kale), Arda, Kaledere, Kusluhan, Undoz, Eynesil, Şebinkarahisar, center (Saint Jean) and Bedrama (Bodrum).

The churches and monasteries of Meryem Ana in Giresun, Hisarköy (Dereli) and Şebinkarahisar, the yellow church, the mosques of Hacı Hüseyin, Hacı Mikdad, Fahreddin Behramsah, Fatih and Kurşunlu, Tas Mesdschid, the bathhouse and fountain of Kurşunlu, the fountains of Pertevniyal, the Tashans, Tirebolu Kalesi (Castle).