Astara, Azerbaijan

The TV Touer 
There is a 243.9 metre tall lattice steel TV touer, built in 1981. This touer is unusually designed: its pinnacle is guyed tae a horizontal cross-like steel structur.See  picture

Economy
Locatit next tae the Iranian border, Astara attracts numerous visitors frae sooth o the border, comin tae the Republic o Azerbaijan tae purchase guids an services that mey no be as readily available on the Iranian side.The Tijuana of the Caspian: At the border between Azerbaijan and Iran, everything’s for sale: sex, booze, tattoos—and maybe some revolutionary fervor.  By Peter Savodnik,  December 2009, ATLANTIC MAGAZINE

 Transport 
Astara is currently served bi a broad gauge railway anerlie heidit north.  A staundart gauge connection tae the Iranian railway netwirk alang the shore o the Caspian Sea is planned.  This break o gauge station is likely tae be equipped wi bogie exchynge an SUW 2000 variable gauge axle track gauge chyngin facility.

 Notable natives  

 Ilya Kaverin — Hero o the Soviet Union. 
 Ziya Buniatov — Hero o the Soviet Union.  

 See an aa 
 Railway stations in Iran

Notes

 References 

 World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan – World-Gazetteer.com

 Freemit airtins 
 MSN Map - elevation = 4m 

Category:Populatit places in Astara Rayon
Category:Azerbaijan–Iran border crossins