REGIONS

The population of Gümüşhane, which has 6 districts, 14 municipalities and 322 villages together with the center, is 162,748 people according to the results of the 2018 Address Based Population Registration System. While 80,306 people, 49.4% of the population, live in provincial / district centers, 82,442 (50.6%) live in towns and villages. The population density is 25 people per km². The working age population is 114,368 people in the 15-64 age group, 29,404 people in 0-14 age group and in the 65 and over age group it is 18,973.

Provincial labor force participation rate is 49.9% (average 50.8% of Turkey). The employment rate was 46.3%. According to TURKSTAT data, the unemployment rate in the province is 7.2% (2013). Turkey’s average is 9.7% in the same period. According to İŞKUR 2017 data, a total of 7,641 people are employed in small and medium-sized enterprises. The number of registered unemployed is 3,383.

There are 6 state hospitals in the province. A total of 189 physicians, 45 dentists, 292 nurses and 82 midwives work at the health institutions in the province. There are 900 doctors in the province.

The total number of preschool, primary, general secondary and vocational and technical secondary schools in Gümüşhane is 202. In these schools, 28,767 students are trained by 2,031 teachers in a total of 1,661 classrooms. When the enrollment rates in the province are examined, primary school enrollment rate is 61% and secondary school enrollment rate is 57.07%. in terms of the number of students per classroom are taught in small classes in the province under the average of Turkey.

There are also 6 Public Education Centers and one Vocational Training Center in the province. A total of 28 classrooms, 79 teachers and 17.115 trainees were trained in these institutions.

Founded in 2008, the university has 2 institutes, 7 faculties, 1 college, 10 vocational schools and 8 research and application centers. According to the 2017-2018 Academic Year data of YÖK, the number of students is 18.285 and a total of 631 faculty members are working.

There are 1 museum and 9 public libraries in Gümüşhane. There are demonstrations on the stage within the Cultural Center in Gümüşhane and the total number of seats in the halls has reached 350. In 2018, 62 performances took place and a total of 14,035 visitors participated in these events.

Gümüşhane province, which takes its name from its mineral assets, is one of the most important provinces of the Eastern Black Sea Region in terms of mineral deposits potential and has 22 metallic mines and 17 industrial raw material deposits and occurrences. Especially gold and copper-lead-zinc are the major metallic mines that form important deposits in the region. Gümüşhane granites and the rocks in contact with them are not only rich in metals such as silver, copper, lead or even gold, but also in terms of precious stones such as beryl, sapphire, tourmaline, topaz, amethyst and agate. There are cement raw materials, feldspar, clay, kaolin, limestone and barite formations as industrial raw materials in the province.

There are 149,007 hectares of agricultural land in the province and 28.64% of this area is cultivated. The rate of unused agricultural land is as high as 55.93%. Field crops are cultivated in the area and the ratio in the agricultural lands is 28.64%. The share of industrial plants in agricultural lands in Gümüşhane province is 0.73% as cultivation area. In Gümüşhane, the share of legume cultivation is 4.97% in the agricultural lands. In the countries where animal production is developed, forage crop agriculture constitutes 25-30% of cultivated areas, while this rate is 28.56% in our province. Areas under fruit production in Turkey constitutes 8.39% of the agricultural area. This rate is 1.13% in Gümüşhane.

In general, cherry, apple, pear and mulberry are produced in the province. In recent years, walnut production has also started to spread. In the province, there is suitable potential for the development of sour cherry, apple and walnut cultivation. Fruit production is mostly aimed at self-consumption. The biggest factor preventing the development of vegetable farming is the climate. However, vegetable cultivation is concentrated in areas that have microclimate properties. The general location of the province, its uncontaminated structure, climatic characteristics, low pesticide use, especially meadow and pasture plants that grow naturally without human intervention constitute an important organic agriculture potential in Gümüşhane. Gümüşhane is suitable for organic farming in cereals, pulses, forage crops, bulbous plants, fruit pulp-mulberry molasses and fishing areas. Gümüşhane is the province with the highest pasture area among DOKAP provinces. According to 2018 data, there are 92,901 bovine and 57,065 ovine animals in the province. Roughage needs of livestock enterprises are supplied from pastures and forage planting for 8 months of the year. Pastures and highlands are very suitable for organic livestock activities and have the capacity to meet conventional livestock investments. 94,676 tons of milk was produced in 2017 throughout the province. Gümüşhane has an important potential in terms of aquaculture with its rivers, lakes and dams. Currently, there are 37 trout production facilities and their production capacity is 4,754 tons per year. The fact that the province has a geographically rugged structure allows the vegetation, especially honey plants, to be very rich naturally and to beekeeping activities. The province has a total of 150,000 beehives and 3,000 tons of flora to produce honey.

The foreign trade volume of Gümüşhane is low. The products produced in the province are mostly offered to the domestic market. When the sectoral details of the exports are examined, it is seen that exports are made from mining and quarrying and manufacturing sectors. In 2018, the export volume was 34 million USD. In 2018, imports cost 4 million USD. Most of the imports were carried out in agriculture and forestry sector.

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