Golestan is the famous province of Iran., positioned in the north-east of the nation, southerly of the Caspian Sea. Its finance is Gorgan. Golestan was force digression off from the province of Mazandaran in 1997. It has a inhabitants of 1.7 million (2005) and an environs of 20,380 km². The first of all townships of the province are: Gorgan, Gonbad Kavoos, Bandar Torkaman, Bandar Gaz, Aliabad-e katul, Kord Kooy, Fenderesk and Minoo Dasht. Present-day Gorgan was summoned Esteraba or Astarabad until 1937.

Golestan is the province of Iran and is well famous for its greenery. Golestan savours soft weather and a temperate conditions bulk of the year. Geographically, it is separate higher into couple sections: The flat territories, and the mountains of the Alborz range. In the to the east Alborz component, the guideline heading of mountains faces northeast and slowly abandons in height. The largest subject of the province is Shavar, with a measure of 3,945 meters.Human townships in this environs day of the year behind to 10 000 BCE. This was a noteworthy township of Persia, positioned on the Silk Road.