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The Gilaki people(in Persian: Gilak) are an Iranian peoplewhose homeland is the Gilan Provincein northwest Iran. They are also found in the neighboring province of Mazandaran. Along with the Mazandarani people, the Gilaki form one of the Caspian Seapeoples. They speak the Gilaki language, closely related to Mazandarani. As of 2000 there were about 2.4 million Gilaki, having risen from numbering 1.9 million in 1990.[3]Gilaki has not yet been given a written form. In 1977, a university was built in Rasht, the largest city of the Gilan province.[3]The Gilaki are almost entirely Muslim by religion, most being part of the Twelver Shiah group who form the religious majority in Iran.
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- ^ Middle East Patterns: Places, Peoples, and Politics By Colbert C. Held, John Cummings, Mildred McDonald Held,2005, page 119.
- ^ Iran Provinces
- ^ a b The Unreached Peoples Prayer Profiles
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