Şiran

Municipality in Gümüşhane, Turkey

Şiran Cheriana
Municipality
40°11′22″N 39°07′36″E / 40.18944°N 39.12667°E / 40.18944; 39.12667
Country	Turkey
Province	Gümüşhane
District	Şiran
Government
• Mayor	Abdulbaki Kara (DP)
Elevation	1,457 m (4,780 ft)
Population (2022)^[1]	11,539
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Area code	0456
Climate	Dsb
Website	www.siran.bel.tr

Şiran (Pontic: Cheriana)^[2] is a town in Gümüşhane Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Şiran District.^[3] Its population is 11,539 (2022).^[1] It is one of the points of passage between Eastern Anatolia and Black Sea regions of Turkey, in the sense that the western road departing from Erzincan towards the Zigana Pass (the key pass between the two geographies) has its last urban stop in Şiran. The town lies at an elevation of 1,457 m (4,780 ft)

Culture

It has traditional dishes such as Pestil, Köme and Siron.

Folk dances in the region are accompanied by Drums-Zurna and Kemenche.

The folk game of the region is Horon. Horons played in the region:Sıksara,Alaşağı,Dizden Kırma,Üç Ayak,Dik Horon,Düz Horon

Dialect

Although it is a transition between the Black Sea-Trabzon and Erzincan dialects, the Black Sea-Trabzon dialect is the dominant dialect in the region.

References

^ ^a ^b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
^ "Seranitsa (Σερανίτσα, Şiran)". Pontos World.
^ İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.