GUMUSHANE

AREA: 10.227 km?
POPULATION: 169.375 (1990)
TRAFFIC CODE: 29

DISTRICTS: Gumushane (center), Kelkit, Kose, Siran, Torul.

SITES OF INTEREST: Pulur tumulus, Canca, Kov, Keci, Edire, Akcakale, Kodil,Bayburt, Satala, Avliyana and Ardasa castles, Hutura Hagios Georgios and Panaghia monastry churches, Pavrezi Chapel, Bayburt Kale, Varzahan and Hasara churches, Cakirkaya Kaya Church, Hart, Xanta, Varzahan and Satala city remains, Bayburt Grand Mosque, Suleymaniye, Kucuk, Pulur (Gokcedere) and Kutluk Bey mosques, Yakutiye, Museviye, Mahmudiye and Pulur old theological schools (medrese), Zigana Inn (caravansary), Tashan (Bazaar), Tohumoglu, Korgan and Gumuskaya bridges, Sehit Osman Mausoleums, Old (Eski) Gumushane.

Camps

Zigana Tourism Center
Gumushane
Tel: (456) 611 31 11

Gulacar Koyu Alabalik Tesisleri
Gumushane
Tel: (456) 625 75 13

Kadirga High Plateau
Gumushane

Cami Bogazi High Plateau
Gumushane

Dort Konak High Plateau

Akcakale High Plateau

Dumanli Village High Plateau
Gumushane

Suleymaniye Mah. Center

Saricicek High Plateau
Gumushane

Provincial Cultural Directorate

Tel: (456) 213 34 73
Fax: (456) 213 34 73

Registered Immobile Cultural and Natural Heritages in Gumushane

Sites
Archaeological Sites: 7
Urban Sites: -
Natural Sites: 3
Historical Sites: -
Total: 10
Cultural (at Single Construction Scale) and Natural Heritages: 139
TOTAL: 149

Significant Days

Freedom from Occupation Days:

Freedom Day - Gumushane
Gumushane
15 February

Freedom Day - Kelkit
Kelkit
17 February

Freedom Day - Torul
Torul
14 February

Festivities:

Kazikbeli Festivities
Kurtun
Wednesdays of June, July, August

Guvende Festivities
Kurtun
Fridays of June, July, August

Alacapazar Festivities
Kurtun
Sundays of June, July

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