Notables of Rasht
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Rasht ( رشت in Persian, also transcribed as Resht) is the capital of Gilan province in northwestern Iran. It is a major trade center between Caucasia, Russia and Iran using the port of Bandar-e Anzali. Rasht is also a major tourist center. Rasht had an estimated population of 560,123 in 2005. LanguageGileki is spoken by more than 3 million people. The vast majority of the speakers live in the Gilan Province of Iran. Gileki belongs to the northwestern branch of the Iranian languages. The Iranian languages form a top-level constituent of the Indo-European language family. It is closely related to Mazanderani and is subdivided into two main dialects: Bie-pas and Bie-pish. Bie-pas dialect is mainly spoken in west of Sefidrud including Rasht and Fuman while Bie-pish dialect belongs to eastern part of Gilan including Lahijan and Langrud. Gileki is an oral language and has no official status in Iran. Perhaps the word Rasht is derived from the name of Rostam, who slayed the "white demon" in the present-day province of Mazandaran. People and cultureThe people speak Gileki, Persian, Taleshi. FoodGilan has its special Foods, a list of gilaky food recipte can be found by Lakoo. HistoryRasht was first mentioned in historical
documents in 682 CE, but it is certainly older than
this. It has seen the Sassanid era, the armies of
Peter the Great and later Russian rulers, and British
colonialism. The people of Rasht also played a major
role in the Constitutional Revolution of Iran.Rasht
is well and interesting for tourism
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SuburbsChomarsara, Golsar, Hamidian, Karfabad, Kharemam, Lakaan, Manzariyeh, Noghredasht, Ostadsara, Pirsara, Rashtian, Sagharisazan, Park, Shahr, Takhti, Tazeh Abad
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