Population 6,158 (2006) | County Shaft Time zone IRST (UTC+3:30) Local time Friday 8:24 AM | |
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Weather 10°C, Wind SE at 0 km/h, 95% Humidity Neighborhoods Nasir Mahalleh, Visrud, Takram, Lapuvandan | ||
Shaft (Persian: شفت, also known as Bāzār Shaft) is a city in and the capital of Shaft County, Gilan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 6,158, in 1,700 families.
Map of Shaft, Gilan Province, Iran
Shaft is located approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) southwest of Rasht. Rural economic activities include rice cultivation, fish farming, and animal husbandry.
On Mondays, Doshanbeh Bazaar, a local trade market is held there. That is why many know the place as Doshanbeh (Monday). Its local dishes are palakebab, baghlaghatogh, and jaghoorbaghoor.
Nearby major villages are Ahmadsargoorab, Kalasham, Chobar, and Kozan.
Some of the nearby villages like Imamzadeh Ebrahim have mountainous landscape which attract people from other cities on holidays. Rudkhan Castle is a tourist attraction in the vicinity of Shaft.