Sari (city)

Sari is the capital city of the Iranian province of Mazandaran.City in northern Iran with 140,000 inhabitants (2003 estimate), capital of the Mazandaran Province with 4 million inhabitants (1996).

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The economy is based upon the production of bricks, mosaics, woven cloth and jute, ginned cotton, carpets, milled rice, alcoholic beverages, canned meat and other food products.

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Sari is connected with railway with Gorgan and Ghaem Shahr (Shahi), and road to Babol, Nowshahr, Shahsavar and Amol.

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The population of Sari is mixed, of Persians, Turks, Kurds, Bangashis, Afghans and Turkomans.

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The city has a very wet climate and receives 1100 mm of rain

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Geography & City overview :

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The most important streets in sari are farhang, gharan, Jomhuri-e-eslami ( Nader ), Sheikh-e-Tabarsi ( Pahlavi ) & amir mazandarani.

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Sari has the time tower in the center of the city, it is the famous tower in iran,

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Please to view some of sari photos that have been taken in spring.

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Brief History :

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Between 3rd and 5th century CE: Founded as a regional capital in the Sasanian Empire.

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7th century: Becomes capital of Tabarestan.

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9th century: Loses its regional importance.

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12th century: Ravaged by the Mongols.

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Late 18th century: Becomes the capital of the Qajar dynasty, ruled by Agha Mohammad Khan. This would last for only about 20 years.

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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 ...

Mazandaran: Mazandaran (مازندران in Persian) is a province in northern Iran, bordering the Caspian Sea in the north. Mazandaran or Mazenderan was a part of the Persian province of Hyrcania....

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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