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LENKORAN

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 418 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LENKORAN , a See also:

town in See also:Russian See also:Transcaucasia, in the See also:government of See also:Baku, stands on the See also:Caspian See also:Sea, at the mouth of a small stream of its own name, and See also:close to a large See also:lagoon. The lighthouse stands in 38° 45' 38" N. and 48° 5o' 18" E. Taken by See also:storm on New See also:Year's See also:day 1813 by the Russians, Lenkoran was in the same year formally surrendered by See also:Persia to See also:Russia by the treaty of Gulistan, along with the khanate of Talysh, of which it was the See also:capital. Pop. (1867) 15,933, (1897) 8768. The fort has been dismantled; and in See also:trade the town is outstripped by See also:Astara, the customs station on the See also:Persian frontier. The See also:DISTRICT OF LENKORAN (2I17 sq. m.) is a thickly wooded mountainous region, shut off from the Persian See also:plateau by the Talysh range (7000-8000 ft. high), and with a narrow marshy See also:strip along the See also:coast. The See also:climate is exceptionally moist and warm (See also:annual rainfall 52.79 in.; mean temperature in summer 750 F., in See also:winter 40°), and fosters the growth of even See also:Indian See also:species of vegetation. The See also:iron See also:tree (Parrotia persica), the See also:silk See also:acacia, See also:Car pinus betulus, Quercus iberica, the See also:box tree and the See also:walnut flourish freely, as well as the See also:sumach, the See also:pomegranate, and the Gleditschia caspica. The See also:Bengal See also:tiger is not unfrequently met with, and See also:wild boars are abundant. Of the 131,361 inhabitants in 1897 the Talyshes (35,000) See also:form the aboriginal See also:element, belonging to the Iranian See also:family, and speaking an independently See also:developed See also:language closely related to Persian. They are of See also:middle height and dark complexion, with generally straight See also:nose, small See also:round See also:skull, small See also:sharp See also:chin and large full eyes, which are expressive, however, rather of cunning than intelligence.

They live exclusively on See also:

rice. In the See also:northern See also:half of the district the Tatar element predominates (40,000) and there are a number of villages occupied by Russian Raskolniks (Nonconformists). See also:Agriculture, See also:bee-keeping, silkworm-rearing and fishing are the See also:principal occupations.

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