Covering an area of 14711 square kilometers, Guilan province is situated between 36,34 to 37,27  north Latitude, and 48,53 to 50,34 east Longitude of the Greenwich Meridian. Covering 9% of the whole surface area of Iran, Guilan ranks the smallest province after Kohkelooyeh & Boyer Ahmad province. The province shares borders with Mazandaran province on the east, Ardabil province on the west, and Qazvin and Zanjan province on the south, and the Caspian Sea and the Republic of Azerbaijan on the north.

  Guilan enjoys a moderate climate emerged from the influence of currents of both Alborz Mountains and the Caspian Sea. Neighboring the Caspian Sea, Guilan is a region of high humidity with an average of 40 to 100 per cent. Also Guilan is the most rainy and humid region in Iran.

  Rasht is the provincial capital of the province. There are 16 cities, 45 townships, 40 districts, 106 villages, and 2892 rural areas in Guilan province.

 In the old time, the mountainous area of Guilan was called Daylaman and it's people were known as Daylami. Rabino believes the name of Guilan is derived from the word "Varena" meaning "untouchable land" in Avesta language and the name of a district on the north of Alborz Mountain. The word changed to "Guilan" in the course of time. The Guilanese speak in Gilaki dialect, derived from Iranian languages, which has never been distorted during the invasion of foreign cultures in the course of centuries.       

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