- Astaneh-e Ashrafiyyeh
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footnotes =Astaneh-e Ashrafiyyeh is a major peanut, rice, silk, and fragrant medicinal herbs producing town. It lies close to the town of
Rasht and theCaspian Sea . Mausoleum ofSeyed Jalal od-Din Ashraf , brother ofImam Reza , as well as the tomb ofDr. Mohammad Moin , the Iranian lexicographer and compiler of Persian Dictionary, are located here.The town has an estimated population of around 50,000. The great
Sepidrud river crosses the town on the northwest side. The main highway connecting the eastern and western parts of the province passes through Astaneh, over a ~1Km long bridge. [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Lahijan,iran&ie=UTF8&z=13&ll=37.258342,49.931316&spn=0.065991,0.172005&t=k&om=1 A satellite image of the city is found on google map.]* [http://www.iranica.com/newsite/search/searchpdf.isc?ReqStrPDFPath=/home1/iranica/articles/v2_articles/astana&OptStrLogFile=/home/iranica/public_html/logs/pdfdownload.html entry] in the [http://www.iranica.com/newsite/home/index.isc Encyclopædia Iranica]
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