| Bandar-e Anzali بندرانزلي |
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Bandar-e Anzali
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| Country | Iran |
| Province | Gilan |
| County | Bandar-e Anzali |
| Bakhsh | Central |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 109,687 |
| Time zone | IRST (UTC+3:30) |
| • Summer (DST) | IRDT (UTC+4:30) |
Bandar-e Anzali (Persian: بندرانزلي, also Romanized as Bandar-e Anzalī; before the Iranian Revolution, known as Bandar-e Pahlavi (Persian: بندر پهلوی), also Romanized as Bandar-e Pahlavī, Bandar Pahlavi, and Bandar Pahlevi, or simply as Pahlavī, Pahlevī, and Pehlevi; earlier, Enceli and Enzeli)[1] is a city in and the capital of Bandar-e Anzali County, Gilan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 109,687, in 32,424 families.[2]
Bandar-e Anzali is a harbour town ("Bandar" means "port") on the Caspian Sea, close to Rasht. Bandar-e Anzali is one of the most important seaports in the north of Iran. It consists of an island called Mianposhteh and the surrounding lands. Tourist attractions include a clock tower called Manareh, the long harbour promenade, and the water-logged delta of and beach along the Sefid River.
Bandar-e Anzali is the place where the Polish Anders Army landed on April 1, 1942, after evacuating from the USSR. The Polish Cemetery in the city was created the same year.
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The Anzali Lagoon divides the Anzali Port in two parts. The town is connected by two bridges to the Beheshti Island. There is a caviar processing factory in Bandar-e Anzali, some old ruins from 19th century and the popular Shanbeh Bazaar. Tourbebar is a beautiful village about 40 kilometers from Bandar-e Anzali, near the Anzali Lagoon.
Bandar-e Anzali has the most humid climate of any city in Iran, having a climate somewhat similar in its heavy autumn and early winter rainfall and persistent high humidity and low sunshine to the Sea of Japan coast of Japan, though it receives much less summer rainfall than that region it remains classified as a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). The warm and humid weather has allowed this region to grow crops such as rice and tea that require very large amounts of moisture, especially with the extra water draining from the Elburz Mountains.
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 29 (84) |
31 (88) |
33 (91) |
35.6 (96.1) |
36 (97) |
35 (95) |
37 (99) |
36 (97) |
33 (91) |
37 (99) |
34 (93) |
31 (88) |
37 (99) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 10.1 (50.2) |
9.8 (49.6) |
11.2 (52.2) |
16.2 (61.2) |
21.8 (71.2) |
26.6 (79.9) |
29.4 (84.9) |
29.2 (84.6) |
25.7 (78.3) |
21.2 (70.2) |
16.5 (61.7) |
12.6 (54.7) |
19.19 (66.55) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 4.6 (40.3) |
4.4 (39.9) |
6.3 (43.3) |
10.7 (51.3) |
15.9 (60.6) |
20.0 (68.0) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.2 (72.0) |
19.4 (66.9) |
15.1 (59.2) |
10.5 (50.9) |
6.7 (44.1) |
13.18 (55.73) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −7 (19) |
−4 (25) |
−4 (25) |
−1 (30) |
6 (43) |
10 (50) |
15 (59) |
16 (61) |
11 (52) |
6.6 (43.9) |
0 (32) |
−4 (25) |
−7 (19) |
| Rainfall mm (inches) | 167.9 (6.61) |
122.7 (4.831) |
115.1 (4.531) |
58.1 (2.287) |
49.0 (1.929) |
53.8 (2.118) |
46.2 (1.819) |
115.0 (4.528) |
273.1 (10.752) |
332.0 (13.071) |
306.1 (12.051) |
214.5 (8.445) |
1,853.5 (72.972) |
| % humidity | 86 | 86 | 88 | 86 | 83 | 79 | 76 | 79 | 85 | 87 | 87 | 86 | 84 |
| Avg. rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 11.5 | 10.3 | 11.4 | 7.6 | 6.7 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 6.7 | 11.0 | 12.6 | 12.4 | 11.8 | 109.9 |
| Sunshine hours | 90.8 | 90.2 | 95.4 | 136.0 | 201.4 | 246.0 | 256.8 | 211.9 | 159.0 | 122.6 | 97.3 | 90.0 | 1,797.4 |
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Bandar-e Anzali is known to be the world capital of precious caviar. The preparation and marketing of the precious black eggs is a state monopoly, handled through The Iranian Fishing Company under the control of the Finance Ministry. The public is not admitted to the immense refrigerated hangars where tons of sturgeons, monsters between 2 and 3 meters long weighing between 75 and 100 kilograms, are stored after the removal of the caviar, usually equivalent to about one tenth of their weight.
The Iranian sports club Malavan Sport and Cultural Club is based in Bandar-e Anzali, their football team Malavan F.C. currently plays in Iran's Premier Football League.
The people of Anzali speak Gileki as the maternal language and Persian as the national language.
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