Görele District is a district of the Giresun Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town of Görele.İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023. Its area is 237 km2, and its population is 30,973 (2022).
Geography The district is mainly mountainous and watered by streams and rivers running into the Black Sea, the highest peaks are Mount Sis and Haç (Haş). Up to 600m the hillsides are covered with hazelnuts, along with alder, poplars and other deciduous trees. The agriculture of the district is mainly hazelnuts along with some tea planting, beekeeping, and gardening for domestic consumption, while the higher elevations are forest and pasture.
Recently trout farming has begun in the mountain waterways. The high pasture lands have begun to attract visitors on trekking holidays. Traditionally in this part of the world people would move their sheep and cattle to the high pastures (yayla) for summer grazing and today this has become something of an event with summer folklore festivals in places like Sis Dağı attracting visitors from all over Turkey, who come to hear the Kemençe and watch people dance the Horon. The sale of local costumes and craftwork such as wooden toys and woven goods bring extra income to the district.
The climate is typical of the Black Sea region; it rains in every season and in the high mountains it snows in winter. The mountain hinterland is hard to access, with many dirt roads and the villages are continuously shrinking as the villagers migrate to Turkey's larger cities in search of work.
Composition There are two municipalities in Görele District:Belde Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023. Çavuşlu Görele
There are 62 villages in Görele District:Köy, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
Akharman Aralıkoz Ardıç Ataköy Aydınlar Bayazıt Beşirli Boğalı Burunucu Çalış Çatak Çatakkırı Çiftlikköy Dayılı Dedeli Dereboyu Derekuşçulu Dikmen Esenli Esenyurt Eserli Gölbaşı Gülpınar Gültepe Güneyköy Güvendik Hamzalı Haydarlı İnanca İsmailbeyli Kaleköy Karaburun Karadere Karakeş Karlıbel Kaynar Kıdır Kırıklı Köprübaşı Koyunhamza Kuşçulu Maksutlu Menteşe Önerli Ortaköy Recepli Şafaklı Sağlık Şahinyuva Seferli Şenlik Sofulu Soğukpınar Taşlık Tekgöz Tepeköy Terziali Türkelli Umutlu Yalıköy Yeğenli Yeşildere
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