page_title: Lahijan
hierarchical_section_title: Lahijan
caption_attribution_description: English: Lahijan city position in Lahijan county and Gilan province.
context_page_description: Lahijan is a city near the Caspian sea and the capital of Lahijan County, Gilan Province, Iran. At the 2016 census, its population was 167,544 in 58,378 families.
  Lahijan has both traditional and modern architecture. The city, which has an Iranian-European urban structure, lies on the northern slope of the Alborz mountains. Its culture and climatic favorable condition have made Lahijan a major tourist hub in northern Iran. The city is basically founded on the sediments remaining from big rivers in Gilan, including the Sepid/Sefid-Rud. Historically, the city was the major business center and the capital of East Gilan during the time of special rulers. Lahijan has also been a tourism hub of the Islamic world during different eras in Iran's history.
context_section_description: Lahijan (Persian: لاهیجان‎, romanized: Lāhijān, also known as, Lāyjon in Gilaki) is a city near the Caspian sea and the capital of Lahijan County, Gilan Province, Iran.  At the 2016 census, its population was 167,544 in 58,378 families.
  Lahijan has both traditional and modern architecture. The city, which has an Iranian-European urban structure, lies on the northern slope of the Alborz mountains. Its culture and climatic favorable condition have made Lahijan a major tourist hub in northern Iran. The city is basically founded on the sediments remaining from big rivers in Gilan, including the Sepid/Sefid-Rud (White River). Historically, the city was the major business center and the capital of East Gilan during the time of special rulers. Lahijan has also been a tourism hub of the Islamic world during different eras in Iran's history.
caption: Location in Gilan Province and the Lahijan County
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