Hashtpar
Tālesh
City in Gilan province, Iran
Tālesh (Persian: تالش), also Romanized as Talesh; also known as, Hashpar, Hashtpar-e Tavalesh, and Hashtpar,[3] is a city in the Central District of Talesh County, Gilan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[4]
At the 2006 National Census, its population was 41,486 in 10,688 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 52,344 people in 14,984 households.[6] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 54,178 people in 16,832 households.[2]
The Iranian dialect of Tālesh is a dialect of Talysh language.[7] The Iranian disability activist and artist Mitra Farazandeh was born in this town.[8]