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Village in Gilan, Iran

Shalku

Shalku is a village in Howmeh Rural District, in the Central District of Rasht County, Gilan Province, Iran.

Plan a trip to Shalku→From Tehran

At the 2016 census, its population was 398, in 130 families, down from 683 people in 2006.

How locals move

Getting around Shalku the local way

  • Get inYou can easily find shared taxis to city center, it costs around 30,000 rials.
  • Get inShared taxis (Savaris) plow the Caspian coast, so getting to Rasht from anywhere in that area is easy.
  • Get inA good choice for a trip from Tehran would be a shared taxi or bus to Chalus, a spectacular route through the Alborz mountains and then a savari from Chalus to Rasht.

From Wikivoyage: Rasht, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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