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GULPAMGAN (Jerhadegan of the Arab geographers) , a See also: district and city in Central See also: Persia, situated N.W. of See also: Isfahan and S.E. of See also: Irak
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Together with See also: Khunsar it forms a small province, paying a yearly revenue of about {6000
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The city of Gulpaigan is situated 87 M
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N.W. of Isfahan, at an See also: elevation of 5875 ft. in 33° 24' N. and 50 20' E., and has a population of about 5000
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The district is fertile and produces much grain and some opium
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Sometimes it is under the governor-general of the Isfahan province, at others it forms See also: part of the province of Irak, and at times, as in 1906, is under a governor appointed from Teheran
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