Golestan Province Has Very Friendly People To Become Your Best Friend

Nia S. Amira
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Golestan Province is located in the north-east of Iran, south of the Caspian Sea and Gorgan as the capital. As we may know Golestan is one of the 31 provinces in Iran and in 1997, was split off from the province of Mazandaran. Goles­tan comprises of 20,380 km² with total of 1,777,014 in­habitans with the distinction of 6 ethnics living in this province such as: Persians 43%, Turkmens 33%, Tour­kis 15%¡ Zabolis 5%, Balluchis 4%, and Others 1%. The Persians stay as the native and other ethnics are consid­ered ethnic immigrants in the past.

Like Gilan province thar has beautiful nature land­scape, Golestan, geographically divided into two sec­tions, the plains and the mountains of Alborz range and it is spoiled by mild weather and a temperate cli­mate most of the year. Geographically, it is divided into two sections: The highest point of mountain is located in Shavar province with a height of 3,945 meters.