Lankaran
Lənkəran Lankon | |
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City | |
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Coordinates: 38°45′13″N 48°51′04″E / 38.75361°N 48.85111°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Lankaran-Astara |
Government | |
• Governor | Taleh Qarashov |
Area | |
• Total | 70 km2 (30 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 89,300[1] |
Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Area code | +994 025 25 |
Website | lenkeran-ih |
Lankaran (Azerbaijani: Lənkəran, , Talysh: Lankon) is a city in Azerbaijan, on the coast of the Caspian Sea, near the southern border with Iran. As of 2021, the city had a population of 89,300. It is next to, but independent of, Lankaran District. The city forms a distinct first-order division of Azerbaijan.
The city is mostly populated by the Talysh people,[3][4][5] and serves as the main urban centre of this people and its ethnic homeland, Talish (Talyshstan).[6][7][8] Historically, the city was the capital of the Iranian province of Talish, of Talysh Khanate, of Russian Lenkoran uezd, of Provisional Military Dictatorship of Mughan, of Mughan Soviet Republic and of Talysh-Mughan Autonomous Republic.
Only a few kilometers from the Iranian border, the southeastern town of Lankoran has close ties with Iran. The people in Lankoran are mainly Talysh, linguistically and ethnically similar to Persians.
Largely concentrated in southern Azerbaijan and north-western Iran, with a major population centre in the city of Lenkoran.