Golestan

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Golestan is one of the 30 provinces of Iran. It is in the north-east of the country. Its capital is Gorgan (Jorjan in Arabic). It was split off from the province of Mazandaran in 1997. Present day Gorgan was called Esteraba or Astarabad until 1937. It has a populatin of 1.7 million (2005). It enjoys mild weather and a temprate climate.

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Provinces of Iran	Missing image Iran_flag_large.png Flag of Iran
Ardabil \| Bushehr \| Chahar Mahaal and Bakhtiari \| East Azarbaijan \| Isfahan \| Fars \| Guilan \| Golestan \| Hamadan \| Hormozgan \| Ilam \| Kerman \| Kermanshah \| Khuzestan \| Kohkiluyeh and Buyer Ahmad \| Kurdistan \| Lorestan \| Markazi \| Mazandaran \| North Khorasan \| Qazvin \| Qom \| Razavi Khorasan \| Semnan \| Sistan and Baluchistan \| South Khorasan \| Tehran \| West Azarbaijan \| Yazd \| Zanjan

Golestan

See also: Golestan, 1997, Ardabil Province, Bushehr Province, Chahar Mahaal and Bakhtiari, East Azarbaijan, Fars, Gorgan