Hashtpar ( fa, هشتپر, also known as, Hashpar, Hashtpar-e Tavalesh, and Tālesh) is a city and capital of

Talesh County Talesh County ( fa, شهرستان تالش; also Tavalesh ( fa, طوالش) is in Gilan province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Hashtpar. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 179,499 in 42,949 households. Retrie ...

, Gilan Province,

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkm ...

. At the 2016 census, its population was 54,178, in 15,688 families. The Iranian dialect of Hashtpar is a dialect of Talysh languageAsatrian, Garnik and

Habib Borjian Habib Borjian is a linguist who specializes in a wide variety of matters, including historical linguistics, language documentation, philology and Iranian languages and literature. He was educated at Columbia University, the University of Tehran and ...

, 2005. Talish: people and language: The state of research. ''Iran and the Caucasus'' 9/1, p 43-72 Notable residents include

Mitra Farazandeh Mitra Farazandeh (born ) is an Iranian disability activist and visual artist. Biography Mitra Farazandeh was born in Iran, she has a physical deformity. She lives in a village in Hashtpar (also known as the city of Talesh) in the Gilan provi ...

Language

Linguistic composition of the city.

References

Populated places in Talesh County Cities in Gilan Province {{Talesh-geo-stub Azerbaijani settlements in Gilan Province Talysh settlements in Gilan Province Kurdish settlements in Gilan Province