Gürün

Gürün () is a town in Sivas Province of Turkey. It is the seat of Gürün District. Its population is 10,657 (2022).

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Turkey place.type: municipality
Turkey place.name: Gürün
Turkey place.image_skyline: Gürün - panoramio.jpg
Turkey place.province: Sivas
Turkey place.district: Gürün
Turkey place.leader_party: MHP
Turkey place.leader_name: Nami Çiftçi
Turkey place.elevation_m: 1334
Turkey place.population_total: 10657
Turkey place.population_as_of: 2022
Turkey place.postal_code: 58800
Turkey place.area_code: 0346

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Population: 18009
Elevation: 1334
Image: Gurun.jpg

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Commons category: Gürün
postal code: 58800
urban population: 10657
rural population: 7352
name in kana: ギュリュン

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Gürün () is a town in Sivas Province of Turkey. It is the seat of Gürün District. Its population is 10,657 (2022).

== History == The settlement identified as Tergarma by the Assyrians on the eastern border of Tabal, and as Togarmah in the Book of Genesis, is associated with modern-day Gürün. Rock-cut caves located within the Şuğul quarter of Gürün, together with the Hieroglyphic Luwian inscriptions in the Şuğul Canyon, indicate that these structures likely date to the Hittite period in the 2nd millennium BCE.