Shaft: facts

At a glance

• Country: Iran
• Region: Gilan Province
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 8,184
• Coordinates: 37.1702° N, 49.3998° E
• Time zone: Asia/Tehran (UTC+03:30)
• Currency: Rial (IRR)
• Distance to the capital, Tehran: 244 km (152 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Sardar-e-Jangal Airport (RAS): 26 km (16 mi), straight line
• Ramsar Airport (RZR): 118 km (73 mi), straight line
• Ardabil Airport (ADU): 154 km (96 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Fuman: 9.8 km (6.1 mi)
• Sowme'eh Sara: 16 km (10 mi)
• Rasht: 20 km (13 mi)
• Masal: 32 km (20 mi)
• Khomam: 33 km (21 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Rasht, 20 km (13 mi)