Talish (region)
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This article is about the region divided between Iran and Azerbaijan. For ethnicity, see Talysh people.
Tālīsh[lower-alpha 1] (Talysh: Tolış; Azerbaijani: Talış; Persian: تالش, romanized: Tālesh) is a region in the southwestern coast of the Caspian Sea.[1] It is a homeland of the indigenous Talysh people, who inhabit the region and speak the Talysh language.[2] The territory and the language set apart Talish from its neighbors.[1]
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Talish | |
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Region | |
Country | Iran Azerbaijan |
Demonym | Talyshi |
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Iran | UTC+03:30 (IRST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+04:30 (IRDT) |
Azerbaijan | UTC+04:00 (AZT) |
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Talish is now divided between Azerbaijan and Iran.[2] It stretches north from the Sefīd-Rūd river, which cuts through the Alborz mountains in Iran's Gilan Province, to the Aras river in the south of the Republic of Azerbaijan.[3]
The main city of the region and its Talysh people is Lankaran (Talysh: Lankon),[4][5][6] the majority of the population of which is ethnically Talysh.[7][8][9][10]