Area: 6.934 km²

Population: 523.819 (2000)

Traffic Code: 28

Giresun is in Eastern Black Sea Region, founded on a peninsula. It is one of the pearl like cities of Black Sea where green and blue are hug together at northern east of Anatolia. Virgin forests, plateaus and rivers of Giresun, which are very appropriate to tourism in connection with natural and historic values, are very attractive.