Astara
Astara is a city in the Central District of Astara County, Gilan province, Iran, serving as the capital of both the county and the district. It lies on the border with the Republic of Azerbaijan and on the Caspian Sea.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 51,600 residents
- Description: city in Gilan Province, Iran
- Also known as: “Astara, Iran”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Virmuni and Khoshk Dahaneh.
Virmuni
Village
Virmuni is a village in, and the capital of, Virmuni Rural District in the Central District of Astara County, Gilan province, Iran. Virmuni is situated 3½ km west of Astara.
Khoshk Dahaneh
Village
Khoshk Dahaneh is a village in Virmuni Rural District of the Central District in Astara County, Gilan province, Iran. Khoshk Dahaneh is situated 3½ km northwest of Astara.
Bijarabin
Village
Bijarabin is a village in Virmuni Rural District of the Central District in Astara County, Gilan province, Iran. Bijarabin is situated 3½ km west of Astara.
Astara
- Categories: city of Iran, border city, and locality
- Location: Shahrestān-e Āstārā, Gilan Province, Iran, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
38.41932° or 38° 25′ 10″ northLongitude
48.87153° or 48° 52′ 18″ eastPopulation
51,600Elevation
-22 metres (-72 feet)United Nations Location Code
IR ASROpen location code
8HCCCV9C+PJOpenStreetMap ID
node 3048675994OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Akan to Western Panjabi—“Astara” goes by many names.
- Akan: “Astara”
- Arabic: “آستارا”
- Arabic: “أستارا”
- Armenian: “Աստարա”
- Azerbaijani: “Astara”
- Belarusian: “Астара”
- Catalan: “Astara”
- Cebuano: “Āstārā”
- Central Kurdish: “ئاستارا، ئێران”
- Chinese: “Astara”
- Chinese: “阿斯塔拉”
- Croatian: “Astara”
- Dutch: “Astara”
- Egyptian Arabic: “آستارا”
- Egyptian Arabic: “استارا”
- Esperanto: “Astara”
- Finnish: “Astara”
- Finnish: “Āstārā”
- French: “Astara”
- German: “Astara”
- Gilaki: “آستارا”
- Gilaki: “استارا”
- Gilaki: “خره پو”
- Hebrew: “אסתארא”
- Hindi: “अस्तारा”
- Hungarian: “Asztara”
- Hungarian: “Ásztárá”
- Indonesian: “Astara, Iran”
- Indonesian: “Astara”
- Irish: “Astara”
- Italian: “Astara”
- Japanese: “アースターラー”
- Japanese: “アスタラ (イラン)”
- Kazakh: “Astara”
- Kazakh: “Астара”
- Kazakh: “استارا”
- Kurdish: “Astara, Îran”
- Kurdish: “Astara”
- Kurdish: “ئاستارا،ئی ران”
- Lithuanian: “Astara”
- Malagasy: “Astara”
- Malay: “Astara, Iran”
- Malay: “Astara”
- Mazanderani: “آستارا”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Astara”
- Persian: “Āstārā”
- Persian: “آستارا”
- Polish: “Astara”
- Romanian: “Astara”
- Russian: “Астара”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Astara (Iran)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Astara”
- Slovenian: “Astara”
- South Azerbaijani: “آستارا”
- Spanish: “Astara”
- Swedish: “Astara”
- Swedish: “Āstārā”
- Tajik: “Ostoro”
- Tajik: “Осторо”
- Talysh: “Ostoro (İron)”
- Talysh: “Ostoro”
- Turkish: “Astara, İran”
- Turkish: “Astara,İran”
- Turkish: “Astara”
- Turkmen: “Astara”
- Ukrainian: “Астара”
- Urdu: “آستارا”
- Uzbek: “Astara”
- Western Panjabi: “آستارا”
- Western Panjabi: “استارہ”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Astara”. Photo: Samaksasanian, CC BY-SA 3.0.