Bandar-e Anzali

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Coordinates: 37°28′N 49°28′E / 37.467, 49.467
Bandar-e Anzali
Bandar-e Anzali Location in Iran
Country	‎ Iran
Province	Gilan Province

Anzali Lagoon on the Caspian Sea

Houses on the lagoon islands

Polish Cementery in Anzali

Bandar-e Anzali (Persian: بندر انزلی), known as Bandar-e Pahlavi (Persian: بندر پهلوی) before the Iranian Revolution, is a harbour town on the Caspian Sea, in the Iranian province of Mazandaran, close to Rasht. Bandar Anazali has a population of around 150,000.

Tourist attractions include the clock tower (Manareh), the long harbour promenade and the water-logged delta of the Sefid River, especially the beach there.

Bandar Anzali is the most important seaport in the north of Iran.

It consists of a main island "Mianposhteh" and the lands around it.

It is the place where the Anders Army landed April 1, 1942 after evacuating from the USSR. The Polish cemetery was created in that year.

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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.

Coordinates: 37°28′N, 49°28′E

Bandar_e Anzali is known to be the World Capital of Percious Caviar. The preparation and marketing of the precious black eggs is a state monopoly, handled through "The Iranian Fishing Company" coming under 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 removal of caviar usually equivalent to about one tenth of their weight. Anzali lagoon divides Anzali Port into two. The town is connected by two bridges to the Beheshti Island. There is a caviar processing factory in Anzali plus see old ruins from 19th century and Shanbeh Bazaar. There are boat trips into the lagoon.