Bandar Torkaman

Bandar Torkaman (Persian: بندرتركمن; also Romanized as Bandar-e Torkaman, Bandar-e Torkeman, and Bandar-e Torkman; formerly, Bandar Shah (Persian: بَندَرِ شاه), also Romanized as Bandar-e Shāh and Bandar Shāh) is a city in and capital of Torkaman County, Golestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census its population was 45,045, in 9,755 families. Bandar Torkaman is a port on the Caspian Sea. It is approximately 375 km (233 mi) from Tehran. Some 3 km (1.9 mi) west of Bandar Turkaman is the famous Ashooradeh Island. The economy is mainly based on Agriculture, handicrafts, and animal husbandry, fishing, and tourism, with 50 percent of Iranian caviar being extracted near this port and where the Iranian Ashouradeh Island is located, which...