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Gilan / Gilaki

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Gilan is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It lies along the Caspian Sea, just west of Mazandaran Province, east of ARdabil north of Zanjan and Qazvin province is part of the territory of South (Iranian) Talysh.

At the center of the province is the main city and capital Rasht. Gilan was part of the Median Empire, Achaemenid, Parthian Sassanid and Ottoman Empires before it became part of Persia.
In 1920 Gilan anounced an autonomy and declared itself Persian Socialist Soviet Republic. Iranian rule was restored in 1921m when the Soviet Russia withdrew its support for the republic.
Gilanis maintain a strong identity and the Jangali movement of 1920 is experiencing a revival
Area 14.042 sq km
Population 2.404.861
Total Gilani population is estimated to be about 3 to 4 million.
Languages are Gilaki and Farsi
Religion is mostly Shia Muslim.


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