Golestan

Golestan is one of the 30 provinces of Iran. It is in the north-east of the country. Its capital is Gorgan (Jorjan in Arabic). It was split off from the province of Mazandaran in 1997. Present day Gorgan was called Esteraba or Astarabad until 1937. It has a populatin of 1.7 million (2005). It enjoys mild weather and a temprate climate.

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Iran: Iran (Persian: ?????) is a Middle Eastern country located in Southwest Asia bordering Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Turkmenistan to the north, Pakistan and Afghanistan to the east, Turkey and Iraq to the west. Although locally known as Iran at least since the Sassanian period, until 1935 the country was ...

Gorgan: Gorgan (گرگان); Hyrcania ; Hyrcana (Old Persian Vark?na, 'land of wolves'; modern Persian Gorgan, formerly called Astrabad or Asterabad): part of the ancient Persian empire, on the southern shores of the Caspian Sea (present day Golestan, Mazandaran, Gilan and parts of ...

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View of the Golestan Qajar Palace "Kasr L Kadjar"

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