- Piraziz
Infobox Settlement
settlement_type = Town
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = TUR
timezone=EET
utc_offset=+2
map_caption =Location of PAGENAME within Turkey.
timezone_DST=EEST
utc_offset_DST=+3official_name = Piraziz
image_caption =
image_blank_emblem =
blank_emblem_type =
subdivision_type1=Region
subdivision_name1 = Black Sea
subdivision_type2=Province
subdivision_name2 = Giresun| population_total = 17901|population_footnotes=
population_as_of =| 2000
population_footnotes =
population_density_km2 =
area_total_km2 = 100|elevation_m = 97|latd = 40
latm = 56
latNS = N
longd = 38
longm = 08
longEW = E
postal_code_type=Postal code
postal_code = 28340
area_code = (+90) 454
blank_info = 28|blank_name=Licence plate
leader_title=Mayor
leader_name = Hasan Şenel
website = http://www.piraziz-bld.gov.tr/Piraziz is a town and a district of
Giresun Province on theBlack Sea coast ofTurkey .In the
Ottoman Empire period the town was named "Piridede-Abdal".The local economy depends of growing
hazelnuts and fishing in the Black Sea. This is a poor district and many people have migrated away to jobs in Turkey's larger cities.Piraziz itself is a small town of 9,400 people.
External links
* [http://www.piraziz-bld.gov.tr/ the municipality]
** [http://www.piraziz-bld.gov.tr/index.php?option=com_zoom&Itemid=53 photographs of Piraziz]
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