Gorgan

Summary

Gorgan is a city of Iran^[1]. Gorgan ranks in the top 2% of city_of_iran entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (236 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Gorgan is located in Central District^[3].
• Gorgan is in the country of Iran^[4].
• Gorgan's image is recorded as گرگان یحیی نعمتی 2.JPG^[5].
• Gorgan's instance of is recorded as city of Iran^[6].
• Gorgan's instance of is recorded as big city^[7].
• Hyrcania is named after Gorgan^[8].
• Gorgan's twinned administrative body is recorded as Aktau^[9].
• Gorgan's twinned administrative body is recorded as Samsun^[10].
• Gorgan's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 7144648139718976652^[11].
• Gorgan's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nr98000765^[12].
• Gorgan's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12651256x^[13].
• Gorgan's IdRef ID is recorded as 050591827^[14].
• Gorgan's Commons category is recorded as Gorgan^[15].
• Gorgan's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:30^[16].
• Gorgan's pronunciation audio is recorded as Fa-Gorgan.ogg^[17].
• Gorgan's local dialing code is recorded as 0171^[18].
• Gorgan's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 36.846666666666664, 'lon': 54.43}^[19].
• Gorgan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0ljk3^[20].
• Gorgan's official website is recorded as https://gorgan.ir^[21].
• Gorgan's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gorgan^[22].
• Gorgan's National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID is recorded as XX6482982^[23].
• Gorgan's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 275691bc-aa41-4525-a26e-2170e0c6bbba^[24].
• Gorgan's population is recorded as {'amount': '+329536'}^[25].
• Gorgan's population is recorded as {'amount': '+350676'}^[26].
• Gorgan's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[27].

Body

Geography

Gorgan is in the country of Iran^[4]. Gorgan is located in Central District^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Gorgan's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q232291', 'amount': '+656'}^[28]. Gorgan's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+148'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+329536'}^[25] and {'amount': '+350676'}^[26].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city of Iran^[6] and big city^[7].

History and Context

Hyrcania is named after Gorgan^[8].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Gorgan include Great Wall of Gorgan^[30], a fortification^[31], in Iran^[32], founded in 0420^[33].

Why It Matters

Gorgan ranks in the top 2% of city_of_iran entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (236 views/month).^[2] Gorgan has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] Gorgan is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]

Entities named for Gorgan include Great Wall of Gorgan^[30], a fortification^[31], in Iran^[32], founded in 0420^[33].