Gorgan
Gorgan گرگان | |
|---|---|
  Gorgan | |
| Coordinates: 36°50′19″N 54°26′05″E / 36.83861°N 54.43472°E | |
| Kintra |  Iran |
| Province | Golestan |
| Coonty | Gorgan |
| Bakhsh | Central |
| Govrenment | |
| • Govrenor o Gorgan | Jaafar Gorzin |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1700 km2 (656 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1350 m (4,430 ft) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 269,226 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (410/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+4:30 (IDST) |
| Gorgan at GEOnet Names Server | |
Gorgan (Persie: گرگان, Romanisit as Gorgān an Gūrgān an aw; Caspian: Vergen; umwhile, Astarabad (Persie: اَستِر آباد, Romansit as Asterābād an aw),[1] is the caipital o Golestan Province, Iran. It lees approximately 400 km (250 mi) tae the north east o Tehran, some 30 km (19 mi) awa frae the Caspian Sea. At the 2006 census, its population wis 269,226, in 73,702 faimilies.[2]
Some 150 km (93 mi) east o Gorgan is the Golestan Naitional Pairk. The ceety haes a regional airport an several universities. Gorgan Airport wis opened in September 2005.
Etymologie[eedit | eedit soorce]
The ceety wis namit Hyrcanie, Hyrcani or Hyrcana in auncient Greek records, which comes frae Pahlavi Varkâna -- "Laund o the Wouves". Although modren Gorgan is anerlie a ceety an coonty (sharin the same name), auncient Hyrcania wis the name o a greater region on the soothren shores o the Caspian Sea (encompassin aw o the present day Golestan province, as well as some eastren pairts o the Mazandaran province, an some soothren pairts o the present day Republic o Turkmenistan). In modren times an till 1937 the ceety uised tae be kent as Astarabad. Nou it is hame tae a profeesional fitbaa team, Etka FC.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Gorgan can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3064853" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
- ↑ "Census o the Islamic Republic o Iran, 1385 (2006)". Islamic Republic o Iran. Archived frae the original (Excel) on 16 November 2010.
Freemit airtins[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Gorgan Homepage Archived 2013-01-13 at Archive.today by Tirdad Gorgani
- A Gorgani folk-song sung by Shusha Guppy in the 1970s: Lullaby.