Gürgentepe is a municipality and

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Ordu Province Ordu Province ( tr, ) is a province of Turkey, located on the Black Sea coast. Its adjacent provinces are Samsun to the northwest, Tokat to the southwest, Sivas to the south, and Giresun to the east. Its license-plate code is 52. The capi ...

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. Its area is 185 km², and its population is 12,617 (2022). It is inland from the city of

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, at an elevation of .

Features

Gürgentepe is a district of steep mountain valleys on the road between the cities of

and

Sivas Sivas (Latin and Greek: ''Sebastia'', ''Sebastea'', Σεβάστεια, Σεβαστή, ) is a city in central Turkey and the seat of Sivas Province. The city, which lies at an elevation of in the broad valley of the Kızılırmak river, is ...

, both transportation and agriculture are very difficult. The climate is typical of the

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region with the north winds bringing humidity and much rain off the sea, although the inland side of the mountains have a dry climate. Most of the district is mountainside covered with forest and shrubs, trees including

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, chestnut and

alder Alders are trees comprising the genus ''Alnus'' in the birch family Betulaceae. The genus comprises about 35 species of monoecious trees and shrubs, a few reaching a large size, distributed throughout the north temperate zone with a few sp ...

. The soil is volcanic, fertile and watered by mountain streams but most of the land is too steep for planting.

Composition

There are 23 neighbourhoods in Gürgentepe District:Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023. * Ağızlar * Akmescit * Akören * Akyurt * Alaseher * Bahtiyarlar * Çatalağaç * Cumhuriyet * Döşek * Eskiköy * Göller * Gülbelen * Gültepe * Hasancıkpınarı * Işıktepe * Muratçık * Okçabel * Şirinköy * Tepeköy * Tikenlice * Tuzla * Yurtseven * Yurtyeri

References

External links

District governor's official website

Road map of Gürgentepe and environs

Various images of Gürgentepe, Ordu
Populated places in Ordu Province Districts of Ordu Province Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey {{Ordu-geo-stub