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Gilan

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Gilan

Province in northern Iran; area 14,709 sq km/5,679 sq mi; population (1991) 2,204,000. The capital is Rasht. Gilan is bounded by the Caspian Sea on the north, Mazandaran on the east, East Azerbaijan on the west, and Zanjan on the south. The fertile coastal plain includes the large Safid Rud delta. There are large forests in the Elburz Mountains to the south. Rice, tea, citrus fruits, and tobacco are grown. Fishing is an important industry, with substantial exports of caviar. The main port is Bandar-e Anzali.



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About 37,000 people were killed and more than 100,000 injured in the northwestern provinces of Gilan and Zanjan.
Mild Quake Shakes Southwestern Iran by FARS News Agency
The name denotes descent from Gilan, one of the thirty provinces of Iran, see Guilak.
Prime Minister stops implementation on new housing policy regarding ... by The Frontier Star (Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan)
Beginning in the northwestern province of Gilan, where he was born, he samples the local cuisine, including walnut pastries, smoked fish roe and fried fish heads, and has a brisk discussion about women's rights with his formidable sister, Fariba, before visiting the ancient monument of Persepolis and the former capital of Isfahan, meeting ordinary Iranians as he goes.
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