Gorgan
Gorgan ( ; also romanized as Gorgān, Gurgān, and Gurgan), formerly Esterabad  ( ; also romanized as Astarābād, Asterabad, and Esterābād), is the capital city of Golestan Province, Iran. It lies approximately  to the north east of Tehran, some  away from the Caspian Sea. In the 2006 census; its population was 269,226, in 73,702 families.