Astara is also the name of a rayon in Azerbaijan, see Astara, Azerbaijan Astara is a rayon in southeastern Azerbaijan. ...

Astara is a city in the Iranian province of Gilan. It lies on the border with Aran (the Azerbaijan Republic). It is a relatively important border trade center between Iran and the Caucasus. Iran consists of 30 provinces: Provinces are governed from a local center, mostly the largest local city. ... Guilan (گیلان in Persian) is one of the 30 provinces of Iran, during antique time known as part of Hyrcania, with a population of approximately 2 million and an area of 14,700 sq. ... Aran or Arran, a historical geographical name in Azerbaijan. ... The Caucasus , a region boardering Asia Minor, is located between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea which includes the Caucasus mountains and surrounding lowlands. ...

Its name is derived from the Persian word آهسته رو Aste-ro or Aheste-ro meaning the place where the travel gets slower (given the marshlands that surrounded the region before). Persian (فارسی), (local name in Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan: Fârsi), Pârsi (older local name, but still used by some speakers), Tajik (a Central Asian dialect) or Dari (another local name in Tajikistan and Afghanistan), is a language spoken in Iran, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Bahrain. ...

There is also a city with this name on the other side of the border, inside the Aran territory. The Arani Astara was ceded from Persia by the Gulistan Treaty of 1813 between Russia and Persia. Persia and Persian can refer to: the Western name for Iran. ... Gulistan Peace Treaty of 1813, a peace treaty between imperial Russia and Persia, signed on October 24 (November 5) in a village of Gulistan in Karabakh at the end of the Russo-Persian War of 1804-1813. ... 1813 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...