Bandar-e Anzali

History

Anzali is an old city in ancient Iran, first settled by the Cadusii. Owing to their pleasant relationship with Cyrus the Great, King of Anshan (Persia), and their military cooperation in Cyrus's founding of the Achaemenian Empire, the Cadusii adopted the name Anshan-e Pars (Ανσνάν in Greek), meaning "the Anshans of Persia".

This word in Middle Persian is Anzalag; a variant Persian form is Anzalazh. Anzali Gulf was a safe harbour for trade ships and fishing boats. It was renamed to Pahlavi in 1935.

In 1919, with the collapse of General Anton Denikin's White Russian army, eighteen of his ships sought refuge in Anzali. On 18 May 1920, a Soviet flotilla of thirteen ships launched a surprise attack on Anzali, capturing the British garrison and the eighteen White Russian ships. This allowed for the establishment of the short-lived Persian Socialist Republic and the Persian Communist Party. Soviet authorities denied responsibility for the attack, blaming the local Russian naval commander for attacking under his own authority.

Demographics

Language

The people of Anzali speak Gilaki and Azerbaijani languages.

The people of Anzali speak Persian as the national language. Specific Anzali Accent of Western Gilaki language is the main language of Anzali.

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Religion

The majority of Anzalis are adherents of Shia Islam, although there is a sizeable Armenian Christian minority.

Population

|graph-pos = |graph-width = |graph-height = |1956 |3,134 |1966 |41,785 |1976 |55,481 |1986 |87,063 |1991 |94,697 |1996 |98,544 |2006 |109,687 |2011 |116,664 |2016 |118,564 At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 109,687 in 32,424 households. The following census in 2011 counted 116,664 people in 38,128 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 118,564 people in 41,053 households.

Overview

Anzali is one of the most important cities in Iran in terms of tourism, economics, and athletics. Bandar-e Anzali is the biggest Gilaki speaking city in the world after Rasht, the capital of Gilan province. The city was home to the first and biggest port on the southern shores of the Caspian Sea. Bandar-e Anzali consists of an island called Mianposhteh and the surrounding lands. Tourist attractions include a clock tower called Manareh, the long harbour promenade, and the water-logged delta and beach along the Sefid Rud.

Its wonderful lagoon, Customs and City Hall edifice (Shahrdari), Mian Poshte Palace, and Motamedi Edifice are its tourist attractions. Anzali was the site of the Caspian University of Naval Science until 1980, when it was moved to Nowshahr. Naser-al-din Shah's Shams-ol-Emareh tower (not to be confused with the Tehran building of the same name) was built by Moayer al Mamalek. The famous Sangi Bath was destroyed by people and natural factors.

The Sangi Bath was noted for its marvelous durable system of basins with heated water. Some groups think that Motamedi Edifice had been changed; it is now its police office. This Ghajar Structure built in two floors with the help of Mirza Abd-ol-Vahab.

Geography

The Anzali Lagoon divides the Anzali Port in two parts. The city is connected by two bridges to the Beheshti Island. There is a caviar processing factory in Bandar-e Anzali, some old ruins from 19th century and the popular Shanbeh Bazaar. Tourbebar is a village about 40 kilometers from Bandar-e Anzali, near the Anzali Lagoon.

Climate

Bandar-e Anzali has a humid subtropical climate, with (Cfa) designation under the Köppen climate classification and (Cf) designation under the Trewartha climate classification. The weather is hot and humid in summers and cool, damp and rainy in winters. It has the most humid climate of any city in Iran, similar in its heavy autumn and early winter rainfall, persistent high humidity and low sunshine to the Sea of Japan coast of Japan, though it receives much less summer rainfall than that region. The warm and humid weather has allowed this region to grow crops such as rice and tea that require very large amounts of moisture, especially with the extra water draining from the Elburz Mountains. |Jan record high C = 29 |Feb record high C = 31 |Mar record high C = 35.4 |Apr record high C = 36.0 |May record high C = 36.8 |Jun record high C = 36.3 |Jul record high C = 37 |Aug record high C = 36 |Sep record high C = 35.3 |Oct record high C = 37 |Nov record high C = 34 |Dec record high C = 31 |Jan record low C = −7 |Feb record low C = -4.6 |Mar record low C = −4 |Apr record low C = −1 |May record low C = 6 |Jun record low C = 10 |Jul record low C = 15 |Aug record low C = 16 |Sep record low C = 11 |Oct record low C = 6.6 |Nov record low C = -2.0 |Dec record low C = −4 | Jan dew point C =5.4 | Feb dew point C =5.2 | Mar dew point C =7.4 | Apr dew point C =11.0 | May dew point C =16.3 | Jun dew point C =19.9 | Jul dew point C =21.8 | Aug dew point C =22.3 | Sep dew point C =20.1 | Oct dew point C =16.3 | Nov dew point C =11.2 | Dec dew point C =7.4

|Jan record high C = 29 |Feb record high C = 31 |Mar record high C = 33 |Apr record high C = 36 |May record high C = 36.8 |Jun record high C = 36.3 |Jul record high C = 37 |Aug record high C = 36 |Sep record high C = 35.3 |Oct record high C = 37 |Nov record high C = 34 |Dec record high C = 31 |Jan record low C = −7 |Feb record low C = -4.6 |Mar record low C = −4 |Apr record low C = −1 |May record low C = 6 |Jun record low C = 10 |Jul record low C = 15 |Aug record low C = 16 |Sep record low C = 11 |Oct record low C = 6.6 |Nov record low C = -2.0 |Dec record low C = −4 | Jan dew point C =4.7 | Feb dew point C =4.5 | Mar dew point C =6.5 | Apr dew point C =10.7 | May dew point C =15.6 | Jun dew point C =19.2 | Jul dew point C =21.3 | Aug dew point C =21.7 | Sep dew point C =19.6 | Oct dew point C =15.7 | Nov dew point C =11.1 | Dec dew point C =7.0

Economy

Historically Anzalis were mostly involved in the fish trade. Rice farming and agriculture are the other traditional jobs in Anzali, and are practiced in the villages surrounding the city.

Caviar

Bandar-e Anzali is a center of caviar production. The preparation and marketing of which is a state monopoly, handled through the Iranian Fishing Company under the control of the Finance Ministry. The public is not admitted to the immense refrigerated hangars where tons of sturgeons, some as large as 3 meters long and weighing 100 kilograms, are stored after the removal of the caviar, usually equivalent to about one tenth of their weight.

Sports

The most popular sport in Anzali is football, and the city is known as a football hub in Iran. Malavan, one of the most famous teams in Iran, is the main team of the city, and they currently play in the first division of Iranian Football Persian Gulf League. Current and former national team players such as Sirous Ghayeghran, Ghafour Jahani, Pejman Nouri, Maziar Zare, Jalal Rafkhaei, Saeid Ezatolahi, Mohammad Mayeli Kohan, Jalal Hosseini are from Anzali.

Notable people

Gallery

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Notes

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