AREA: 28.488 km�
POPULATION: 767.481 (1990)
TRAFFIC CODE: 58
DISTRICTS: Sivas (center), Ak�nc�lar, Alt�nyayla, Divri�i, Do�an�ar, Gemerek, G�lova, G�r�n, Haf�k, �mranl�, Kangal, Koyulhisar, Su�ehri, �ark��la, Ula�, Y�ld�zeli, Zara.
SITES OF INTEREST Fidanl�k and E�ri�imen forest recreation areas, S�cak�ermik, So�uk�ermik and Bal�kl��ermik hot springs, Divri�i Castle, Sivas Grand Mosque, Divri�i Grand Mosque and Hospital, �zzeddin Keyk�vus Hospital, G�k Medrese (Sahibiye Medresesi), Buruciye Medresesi and �ifte Minareli Medrese (old theological schools), Meydan Kale (Sivas), Ali A�a, Ali Baba and Kale (Divri�i) mosques, Ahi Emir Ahmed, Kad� Burhaneddin, and Abd�lvahap Gazi Mausoleums, G�d�k Minare (�eyh Hasan Bey Mausoleum), Sitte Melik and Kameriddin vault tombs, Bo�azk�pr�, E�rik�pr�, Kesikk�pr� and �ahruh Bridges, Behram Pasha inn, Meydan bath, Sivas Museum, Sivas 4 September Atat�rk Museum.
Provincial Cultural Directorate
Tel: (346) 221 35 06
Fax: (346) 223 92 99
Sivas State Turkish Folk Music Choir Directorate
Address: Atat�rk K�lt�r Merkezi
Sivas
Choir Tel: (0 346) 223 14 54 - 223 41 10
State Fine Arts Gallery Directorate
Atat�rk K�lt�r Merkezi
S�VAS
Tel: (0 346) 221 51 281
Fax: 223 92 99
Museum
Archeology Museum
Address: Buruciye
Medresesi - Sivas
Tel: (346) 221 25
68
Ethnography Museum
Address: Ordu Evi
Kar��s� - Sivas
Tel: (346) 221 04 46
Fax: (346) 224 40 67
Historical Sites and Ruins
Sivas Archeology Museum
Ba��ren Ku�akl� Tumulus - Alt�nyayla - Ba��ren
Significant Days
Local Days of Celebration:
Commemoration Day for A��k Veysel
�ark��la-Sivas
21 March
Arrival of Atat�rk at Sivas
Sivas
27 June
Festivals:
�mral� Honey Festival
�mral�
3 September
G�r�n Apricot Festival
G�r�n
14 August
A��k Veysel Culture and Art Festival
�ark��la
First week - end of July
Festivities
2-5 September Sivas Congress Culture and Art Festivities
Sivas
2-5 September
Ruhsatiye Commemoration Festivities
Sivas-Kangal
On various sates
Divri�i Mine Festivities
Sivas- Divri�i
On various sates
Pir Sultan Abdal Festivities
Sivas-Y�ld�zeli Banaz Village
12-13 June