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.