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Bijar Posht in the region of Gīlān is a town located in Iran - some 139 mi or ( 224 km ) North-West of Tehran , the country's capital .

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Local time in Bijar Posht is now 11:09 AM (Monday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Tehran " with a UTC offset of 3.5 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Bijar Posht, Gazkarak, Salkisar, Khuki, and Chah Sar. When in this area, you might want to check out Bijar Posht . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Bijar Posht ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Gilan Province (Persian: استان گیلان‎, Ostān-e Gīlān ) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It lies along the Caspian Sea, just west of the province of Mazandaran, east of the province of Ardabil, nort ..

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Interesting facts about this location

1990 Manjil-Rudbar earthquake

The Manjil-Rudbar Earthquake occurred at 00:30:09 on June 21, 1990 . It caused widespread damage in areas within a one hundred kilometer radius of the epicenter near the city of Rasht and about two hundred kilometers northwest of Tehran. The cities of Rudbar, Manjil, and Lushan and 700 villages were destroyed, and over three hundred villages were affected. There was $200,000,000 in damage in Gilan and Zanjan provinces southwest of the Caspian Sea.

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Located at 36.96 49.41 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: 1990 earthquakes, 1990 in Iran, Earthquakes in Iran, History of Gilan

Abhar River

Abharrood is a river in Iran that runs between Abhar and Qom.

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Located at 37.13 49.73 (Lat./Long.); Less than 20 km away
Tags: Qom Province, Rivers of Iran

Marlik

Marlik is an ancient site near Roudbar in Gilan, north of Iran. The site of a royal cemetery, and artifacts found at this site date back to 3,000 years ago. According to G.N. Kurochkin, the archeological monuments Indo-Iranians and show similarities to the descriptions of the Avesta Yashts.

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Located at 36.83 49.46 (Lat./Long.); Less than 23 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Iran, History of Gilan

Darband Cave

Darband Cave is a Lower Paleolithic site in the Gilan Province in northern Iran, located on the north side of a deep tributary canyon of the Siahrud River, a tributary of the Sefīd-Rūd River that flows into the Caspian Sea. The cave contains the first known evidence for Lower Paleolithic cave occupation in Iran.

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Located at 36.84 49.66 (Lat./Long.); Less than 23 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Iran, Former populated places in Iran, Paleolithic, Pleistocene