Its adjacent provinces are Trabzon to the east, Gümüşhane to the southeast, Erzincan to the south, Sivas to the southwest, and Ordu to the west.[4] Forests and pasture cover the high mountainous regions, and in places there is mining of copper, zinc, iron and other metals.The province is traditionally inhabited mostly by Chepni Turks as well as a minority of Cheveneburi Georgians in select rural villages and towns.Some small wooden handcrafts peculiar to the city are churns, külek (a storing pot for cheese), and spoons.Some of the dishes peculiar to the city are corn soup (Mısır çorbası), kale soup (kara lahana çorbası or pancar çorbası), cabbage leaves stuffed with a meat filling (etli lahana sarması or pancar sarması/dolması), black cabbage dish (karalahana yemeği or pancar yemeği), pilaf with anchovy (hamsili pilav), pilaf with cabbage (dible), kaygana, kuymak (made of cheese, cornmeal and butter)[5] Giresun province shares the folk music of the Black Sea region and is the birthplace of: Other musicians include: