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Gilan province

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Gilan Province
Persian: استان گیلان
Gilaki: گیلان ٚ اۊستان
Province
Rudkhan Castle
Rudkhan Castle
Location of Gilan province within Iran
Location of Gilan province within Iran
Coordinates: 37°26′N 49°33′E / 37.433°N 49.550°E / 37.433; 49.550[1]
CountryIran
RegionRegion 3
CapitalRasht
Counties17
Government
 • Governor-generalHadi Haghshenas
Area
 • Total14,042 km2 (5,422 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total2,530,696
 • Density180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+03:30 (IRST)
Area code013
ISO 3166 codeIR-01
Main language(s)Gilaki
Talyshi
HDI (2017)0.805[3]
very high · 11th
Others(s)Persian[4]
Azeri[5][6][7][8][9][10]
Websitewww.gilan.ir

Gilan province (Persian: استان گیلان)[a] is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, in the northwest of the country. Its capital is the city of Rasht.[12] The province lies along the Caspian Sea, in Iran's Region 3, west of the province of Mazandaran, east of the province of Ardabil, and north of the provinces of Zanjan and Qazvin.[13] It borders Azerbaijan (Astara District) in the north.

The northern section of the province is part of the territory of South (Iranian) Talysh. At the center of the province is Rasht. Other cities include Astaneh-ye Ashrafiyeh, Astara, Fuman, Hashtpar, Lahijan, Langarud, Masuleh, Manjil, Rudbar, Rudsar, Shaft, Siahkal, and Sowme'eh Sara. The main port is Bandar-e Anzali, formerly known as Bandar-e Pahlavi.

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (12 October 2024). "Gilan Province" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2016 Gilan Province was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  4. ^ Guilan Government Province website Archived 30 June 2011 at archive.today
  5. ^ library Great Encyclopedia of Islam – Astara
  6. ^ Encyclopædia Iranica:Manjil Archived 17 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "تالشی و تاتی بازمانده زبان ماد / بخش دوم". Archived from the original on 20 March 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  8. ^ "شهر رضوانشهر". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  9. ^ "TalesHan.com". taleshan.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  10. ^ "「2022卡塔尔」世界杯买球赛平台". Archived from the original on 21 July 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  11. ^ [1] Archived 19 December 2012 at archive.today University of Guilán
  12. ^ Habibi, Hassan (21 October 2015) [Approved 21 June 1369]. Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Gilan province centered on the city of Rasht. rc.majlis.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board. Proposal 3233.1.5.53; Notification 82846/T135K. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2023 – via Islamic Parliament Research Center.
  13. ^ "همشهری آنلاین-استان‌های کشور به ۵ منطقه تقسیم شدند (Provinces were divided into 5 regions)". Hamshahri Online (in Persian). 22 June 2014 [1 Tir 1393, Jalaali]. Archived from the original on 23 June 2014.


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