Turkey
Giresun Province
Giresun

Giresun

Giresun is a city in the region, on the Black Sea coast of Turkey. In 2023 the population was 144,000.
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  • Type: City with 126,000 residents
  • Description: central district and city in Giresun Province, Turkey
  • Also known as: “Cerasonte”, “Gireson”, “Giresun City”, “Kerasunda”, and “Kiresun”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Giresun Atatürk Stadium and Port of Giresun.

Stadium
Photo: Gökhan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a multi-purpose stadium in Giresun, . It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of TFF First League team Giresunspor. The stadium was built in 1941 and holds 12191 people.

Marina
Photo: Danbury, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a marina.

Mosque
Photo: Beyoglou, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Giresun

Latitude
40.9174° or 40° 55′ 3″ north
Longitude
38.3848° or 38° 23′ 5″ east
Population
126,000
Elevation
39 metres (128 feet)
IATA airport code
OGU
United Nations Location Code
TR GIR
Open location code
8GGWW98M+XW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26483307
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
746881
Wiki­data ID
Q201095
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Giresun” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غيرسون”
  • Arabic: “كيرة سون”
  • Armenian: “Գիրեսուն”
  • Armenian: “Գիրեսունի մարզ”
  • Armenian: “Կերասուն”
  • Asturian: “Giresun”
  • Azerbaijani: “Giresun”
  • Belarusian: “Гірэсун”
  • Bengali: “গিরেসুন”
  • Bulgarian: “Гиресун”
  • Catalan: “Cerasunt”
  • Catalan: “Farnacea”
  • Catalan: “Girasunt”
  • Catalan: “Giresun”
  • Cebuano: “Giresun”
  • Central Kurdish: “گیرەسون”
  • Chechen: “Гиресун”
  • Chinese: “Giresun”
  • Chinese: “吉雷松”
  • Czech: “Giresun”
  • Danish: “Giresun”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Giresun”
  • Dutch: “Cerasus”
  • Dutch: “Giresun”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جيرسون”
  • Esperanto: “Giresun”
  • Finnish: “Giresun”
  • French: “Cerasonte”
  • French: “Cérasonte”
  • French: “Giresun”
  • French: “Kérassoune”
  • French: “Kérésoum”
  • French: “Kérésoun”
  • Gagauz: “Giresun”
  • Georgian: “გირესუნი”
  • Georgian: “გირესუნის პროვინცია”
  • German: “Giresun”
  • German: “Kerasos”
  • German: “Kerasunt”
  • Gilaki: “گره‌سۊن”
  • Greek: “Κερασούντα”
  • Gujarati: “ગિયરસન”
  • Hebrew: “גירסון”
  • Hindi: “गिरेसुं”
  • Hindi: “घिरसुन”
  • Hungarian: “Giresun”
  • Indonesian: “Giresun”
  • Irish: “Giresun”
  • Italian: “Cerasunte”
  • Italian: “Farnacia”
  • Italian: “Giresun”
  • Italian: “Pharnakeia”
  • Japanese: “ギレスン”
  • Kannada: “ಗಿರಿಸುನ್”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Giresun”
  • Korean: “기레순”
  • Latin: “Cerasus”
  • Latvian: “Giresuna”
  • Lithuanian: “Giresunas”
  • Macedonian: “Гиресун”
  • Malay: “Giresun”
  • Marathi: “जायरसन”
  • Mazanderani: “گره‌سون”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Giresun”
  • Minangkabau: “Giresun”
  • Moksha: “Гирэсун”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Giresun”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Giresun”
  • Norwegian: “Giresun”
  • Ossetian: “Гиресун”
  • Persian: “گره‌سون”
  • Persian: “گیرسون”
  • Polish: “Giresun”
  • Pontic: “Κερασούντα”
  • Portuguese: “Choerades”
  • Portuguese: “Farnaceia”
  • Portuguese: “Giresun”
  • Portuguese: “Guiressum”
  • Portuguese: “Kerassounta”
  • Portuguese: “Kerassunde”
  • Portuguese: “Kerasus”
  • Portuguese: “Pharnacia”
  • Romanian: “Giresun”
  • Russian: “Гиресун”
  • Russian: “Карасунд”
  • Russian: “Керасунт”
  • Scots: “Giresun”
  • Serbian: “Giresun”
  • Serbian: “Гиресун”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Giresun”
  • Silesian: “Giresun”
  • Sinhala: “ගිරේසන්”
  • South Azerbaijani: “گیره‌سون”
  • Spanish: “Giresun”
  • Spanish: “Kerasus”
  • Swahili: “Giresun”
  • Swahili: “Jimbo la Giresun”
  • Swedish: “Cerasus”
  • Swedish: “Giresun”
  • Swedish: “Girezounda”
  • Swedish: “Kerason”
  • Swedish: “Kerasos”
  • Swedish: “Kerasounta”
  • Swedish: “Kerasun”
  • Swedish: “Kerasund”
  • Swedish: “Kerasunt”
  • Swedish: “Kerasus”
  • Tajik: “Гиресун”
  • Talysh: “Giresun”
  • Tamil: “கிரேசன்”
  • Tatar: “Гиресун”
  • Telugu: “గిరేసన్”
  • Thai: “กีเรซุน”
  • Turkish: “Cerasonte”
  • Turkish: “Giresun Merkez”
  • Turkish: “Giresun”
  • Udmurt: “Гиресун”
  • Ukrainian: “Гіресун”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґіресун”
  • Urdu: “گریسون”
  • Venetian: “Giresun”
  • Vietnamese: “Giresun”
  • Volapük: “Giresun”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Giresun”
  • Western Armenian: “Կիրեսուն”
  • Western Mari: “Гиресун”
  • Western Panjabi: “گریسن”
  • “Giresun”

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