Rudsar ( fa, رودسر, also known as, Roodsar, Rūdsar and Rūd-i-Sar) is a city and capital of

Rudsar County Rudsar County ( fa, شهرستان رودسر) is in 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 th ...

, Gilan Province,

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. At the 2006 census, its population was 33,321, in 9,741 families.

Geography

Rudsar is located on the

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It is located on a verdant coastal plain with a moderate climate, from

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. Ghassem Abad is a village near Rudsar.

Climate

Rudsar has a humid subtropical climate ( Köppen: ''Cfa'', Trewartha: ''Cf''), with warm, humid summers and cool, damp winters.

Economy

The economy of the city is based on

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and

agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled peop ...

. The major products of Roudsar are

rice Rice is the seed of the grass species '' Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly '' Oryza glaberrima'' (African rice). The name wild rice is usually used for species of the genera '' Zizania'' and ''Porteresia'', both wild and domestica ...

, tea, citrus fruits, and

silk Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven into textiles. The protein fiber of silk is composed mainly of fibroin and is produced by certain insect larvae to form cocoons. The best-known silk is obtained from the ...

Name

The word ''Rudsar'' comes from the word ''Rud'', the Persian word for river, and ''sar'', the Persian word for head, since Rudsar has rivers running along each side of the city. According to valid historical documents, the ancient name of Roodsar was "Koutum", which was a small city in Rankooh. The other name of Roodsar was "Hoosem" that had a thriving bazaar and big mosque in the year 375 AH. Later on this city was ruined due to unknown reasons, and was reconstructed by Seyed Reza Kiya during the years 789-831 AH. It was occupied by

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n forces along with the rest of northern Iran in the early 1900s.

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Cities in Gilan Province * Populated coastal places in Iran Populated places on the Caspian Sea {{Rudsar-geo-stub