Back لنكران Arabic لنكران ARZ Lənkəran Azerbaijani لنکران AZB Ләнкәран Bashkir Ленкарань Byelorussian Ленкарань BE-X-OLD Ленкоран Bulgarian Lenkoran Catalan Лаьнкаьран CE
Lənkəran | |
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 Lankaran | |
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| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| City | Lankaran |
| Government | |
| Area | |
| • Total | 70 km2 (30 sq mi) |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
| • Total | 83,300 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+5 (AZT) |
Lankaran (also called Länkäran, Lencoran, and Lenkoran’) is a city in Azerbaijan. It is on the coast of the Caspian Sea, near the southern border of Iran. There were 83,300 people living there in 2010. It is next to Lankaran rayon. Lankaran was for a long time the capital of the Talysh Khanate. Lankaran International Airport is the airport for the city. There are sandy beaches near Lankaran.
The old form of the name was "Langarkanan". In Persian, it means "the place of pulling up the anchor(s)".
- ↑ World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan[permanent dead link] – World-Gazetteer.com