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Gümüşhane is a
transition region between Eastern Anatoian and the Black Sea
Region. The history of Gümüşhane goes back to the 1500s
B.C it is on the historical trade road between iran.Gümüşhane,
with its fruit gardens and wild roses ,is a natural stopping
point between Trabzon and Erzurum . It is one of the richest
cities in Turkey in terms of plateaus. It is also a rich city
with many valuable mines, especially silver and
gold.
It has numerous
large and small caverns due to the geological structure
of Gümüşhane. Karaca, Arılı, Kartalkaya, K.Ardıçlı, Ambele,
Köprübaşı, taşbaşı, Altıntaş, Yaylım, Üstüaçık, Cingora,
İnönü, Mamatlar, Arsa, and ikisu caverns are the most
important ones.Karaca Cave is a Fosil cave. The development of
the cave is over but despite this the water leaking from the
cracks caused the formation of interesting dripstones such as
stalactites, stalagmites, flag shapes, organ patterned walls,
travertine pools, cave pearls and cave flowers with various
colors andpatterns in great numbers.
This formation
still continues. The Karaca Cave was opened to visitors in
1996. The Santa Ruins which is 80 kms from the Gümüşhane,
consists of 7 qarters. In each one of them, there are
single-floor stone houses,churches with stone structured
facades and a fountain at the beginning of each
street.
The economy of
Gümüşhane is based on agriculture, animal husbandry and food
processing industry. There is also production of pvc units for
buildings and gypsum adhesive for ceramic tiles and paints for
buildings.
Rosehip, a fruit of
the wild rose have become the symbol of Gümüşhane. They
contain high amounts of sugar organic acids and Vitamin C anda
re used in the production of fruit tea, powder, syrups and
marmalades. Dried mulberries, mulberry molasses, fruit juices
and other types of herbal teas all having the natural flavor
and aroma of Gümüşhane, are produced in the city.”Pestil”
and”Köme” are traditional confectionary products produced in
the province of Gümüşhane. Mulberries must, walnuts, water,
honey and starch are the only ingredients used in the
production of these products.
A vocational school
was recently opened in Kelkit, Gümüşhane which is operated in
affiliation with Erzurum Atatürk Üniversty in the fall
semester of 2003. The school offers a program in organic
agriculture and livestock breeding as well as courses in
computer programming.
Because of the fact
that the environment of Gümüşhane has not been polluted by any
kind of industrial chemicals and synthetic fertilisers, the
soil of Gümüşhane is sutable for organic
agriculture.
There is also an
organic agricultural project funded by the private sector
which is one of the lasrgest and promising rural development
projects in Turkey.This project consist of the establishment
of a dirly and meat farm which will eventually accommodate
3300 cows.it is planned that these organic dairly and meat
products will be exported in early 2005.
The well-known
kilims woven here are called “Kelkit Zilli”. Kelkit is a town
of Gümüşhane and Zilli is the tecnique by which the kilims
were woven.Sheep wool spun by hand and root dyes are cushions
are also made from the kilims of the
province.
source:special provincial administration
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