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Gurgān (Gulistān, Iran)

LC control no.nr 98000765
Descriptive conventionsrda
Geographic headingGurgān (Gulistān, Iran)
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Geographic subdivision usageIran--Gurgān (Gulistān)
Variant(s)Gorgan (Gulistān, Iran)
Asterābād (Iran)
Astarabad (Iran)
Astrabad (Iran)
Istirābād (Iran)
Istārbād (Iran)
Jurjān (Gulistān, Iran)
گرگان (Gulistān, Iran)
Astirābād (Iran)
گورگان (Gulistān, Iran)
Esterabad (Iran)
Other standard no.7144648139718976652
Q188155
Associated countryIran
Associated placeGulistān (Iran : Province)
Found inFarhang va jughrāfiyā-yi ʻAlīʹābād Katūl, 1991: p. 12 (Gurgān)
BGN gaz. Iran, 1997 (Gorgan, PPL; 36.49N, 54.26E; others listed; in Mazandaran)
GeoNET, Apr. 13, 2004 (Gorgān, PPL; 36°50ʹ22ʺN 054°26ʹ10ʺE; variants: Gūrgān; Asterābād)
Sutūdah, M. Az Āstārā tā Istārbād, 1995-
Wikipedia, Feb. 1, 2006 (Gorgan is the capital city of the Iranian province of Golestan)
Columbia Gazetteer online, Feb. 1, 2006 (Gorgan, until 1930s, also called Astarabad (also spelled Asterabad or Astrabad))
Jaʻfariyān, R. Tārīkh-i tashayyuʻ dar Jurjān va Astarʹābād, 2004 or 2005.
GEOnet, viewed 6 October 2021: (Gorgān, Golestān, seat of a first-order administrative division, 36°50ʹ34ʺN, 054°26ʹ38ʺE (36.8427, 54.443907); variants: گرگان = Gurgān; Asterābād; Gūrgān; آسترآباد = Astirābād; گورگان = Gūrgān)
Wikipedia, October 25, 2021 (Gorgan, also romanized as Gorgān, Gurgān, and Gurgan), formerly Esterabad, also romanized as Astarābād, Asterabad, and Esterābād), is the capital city of Golestan Province, Iran)
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