Gorgan

Gorgan (Persie: گرگان‎, Romanisit as Gorgān an Gūrgān an aw; Caspian: Vergen; umwhile, Astarabad (Persie: اَستِر آباد‎, Romansit as Asterābād an aw), 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.

Gorgan گرگان
Gorgan
Coordinates: 36°50′19″N 54°26′05″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

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

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.

Freemit airtins

• Gorgan Homepage Archived 2013-01-13 at Archive.today by Tirdad Gorgani
• A Gorgani folk-song sung by Shusha Guppy in the 1970s: Lullaby.