Its population is 11,539 (2022). It is one of the points of passage between Eastern Anatolia and Black Sea regions of Turkey, in the sense that the western road departing from Erzincan towards the Zigana Pass (the key pass between the two geographies) has its last urban stop in Şiran.
Şiran, a town in Turkey, serves as a significant intersection between the Eastern Anatolia and Black Sea regions. The western road leading from Erzincan towards Zigana Pass terminates at Şiran.