Gilan province
Gilan Province (Persian: استان گیلان, romanized: Ostān-e Gīlān) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, in the northwest of the country. It 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. It borders Azerbaijan (Astara District) in the north.
Gilan province
استان گیلان | |
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Location of Gilan province in Iran | |
| Coordinates: 37°26′N 49°33′E | |
| Country | Iran |
| Region | Region 3 |
| Capital | Rasht |
| Counties | 17 |
| Government | |
| • Governor-general | Asadollah Abbasi |
| • MPs of Assembly of Experts | 1 Ahmad Parvaei Rik 2 Reza Ramezani Gilani 3 Seyed Ali Hosseini Ashkevari 4 Zaynolabideen Ghorbani |
| • Representative of the Supreme Leader | Rasool Falahati |
| Area | |
| • Total | 14,042 km2 (5,422 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 2,530,696 |
| • Density | 180/km2 (470/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+03:30 (IRST) |
| Area code | 013 |
| ISO 3166 code | IR-01 |
| Main language(s) | Gilaki Talyshi |
| HDI (2017) | 0.805 very high · 11th |
| Others(s) | Persian Azeri |
| Website | www |
The northern section of the province is part of the territory of South (Iranian) Talysh. At the center of the province is the city of Rasht, the capital of Gilan. 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.
At the 2006 census, the province was home to 2,381,063 people in 669,221 households. The following census in 2011 counted 2,480,874 in 777,316 households. By the time the latest census was conducted in 2016, the population of Gilan had risen to 2,530,696 people in 851,382 households.