What is Lankaran District?
{{Infobox settlement | name = Lankaran (Lənkəran) | type = [[Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan|Raion]] | image_skyline = | image_caption = | image_map = Lankaran District in Azerbaijan 2021.svg | map_caption = Map of Azerbaijan showing Lankaran Raion | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Azerbaijan]] | population_as_of = 1999 | population_total = 197,500 | population_footnotes = | area_total_km2 =1,540 | population_density_km2 = auto | area_code_type = Telephone code | area_code = 0171 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = AZ4200 | seat_type = | seat = |coordinates={{coord|38|45||N|48|51||E|display=inline,title}} }} '''Lankaran''' (Lenkoran, Lənkəran) is a [[raion]] of [[Azerbaijan]]. The city of [[Lankaran]] is in the raion but considered separate. [[Archaeological excavations]] show people lived here since at least the [[Bronze Age]]. Between 1747 and 1813 Lankaran was the main city of the [[Talysh Khanate]]. ==Geography== The region has a large area of national parks. [[Gizil-Agach State Reserve]] has over 250 kinds of plants, 30 species of fish and more than 220 kinds of birds. Lankaran is also known for ''[[Parrotia persica]]'', or ironwood. It is naturally grown in the region. It is found in [[Hirkan National Park]]. The [[Persian leopard]] (Panthera pardus saxicolor) subspecies of the [[leopard]], lives in the national park as well. ==Districts== * Liman (city) * Narimanabad * Garmatuk * Ashagi Nuvadi * Hirkan * Haftoni * Isti Su * Balighcilar == Notable natives== <!-- insert in alphabetical order --> * [[Samad bey Mehmandarov]] * [[Azi Aslanov]] * [[Allahshukur Pashazadeh]], [[Sheikh ul-Islam]] and [[Grand Mufti]] of the [[Caucasus]] {{Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan}} {{asia-stub}} [[Category:Districts of Azerbaijan]] [[Category:Lankaran Economic Region]]