Kuchesfahan is a city in and the capital of Kuchesfahan District

Kuchesfahan District

Kuchesfahan District is a district in Rasht County, Gilan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 49,278, in 14,262 families...

, in Rasht County

Rasht County

Rasht County is a county in Gilan Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Rasht. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 847,680, in 244,613 families. The county is subdivided into six districts: the Central District, Khomam District, Khoshk-e Bijar District, Kuchesfahan District,...

, Gilan Province

Gilan Province

Gilan Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It lies along the Caspian Sea, just west of the province of Mazandaran, east of the province of Ardabil, north of the provinces of Zanjan and Qazvin....

, Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

. At the 2006 census, its population was 8,351, in 2,463 families.

Etymology

Some etymologists believe that in the past, a number of people from Esfahān had migrated to this city, therefore it was named Kuch-e Esfahān. Kuch is the Persian

Persian language

Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...

 (and Gileki

Gileki language

The Gilaki language is a Caspian language, and a member of the northwestern Iranian language branch, spoken in Iran's Gīlān Province.The language is divided into three dialects: Western Gilaki, Eastern Gilaki, and Galeshi . Furthermore, the Gilaki language is closely related to Mazanderani, and the...

) for migration, and Kuch-e Esfahān means The Esfahān Migration.
Some other believe that in the Safavid

Safavid dynasty

The Safavid dynasty was one of the most significant ruling dynasties of Iran. They ruled one of the greatest Persian empires since the Muslim conquest of Persia and established the Twelver school of Shi'a Islam as the official religion of their empire, marking one of the most important turning...

 era, when Esfahān was the capital of Iran, as Kuchesfahān was governmentally similar to Esfahān, people called it Kuche Esfahān. Kuche is the Gileki for small, and Kuche Esfahān means The Small Esfahān.

History

Kuchesfahān is a historical city dating back to the Sassanian era. The most famous historical site of the city is the Murghāne Purt bridge. Also, there are some religious monuments in the city.

Culture

Agriculture

Agriculture

Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...

 is the most popular job in the city and rice

Rice

Rice is the seed of the monocot plants Oryza sativa or Oryza glaberrima . As a cereal grain, it is the most important staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and the West Indies...

 is its most important product.
The people speak Gileki

Gileki language

The Gilaki language is a Caspian language, and a member of the northwestern Iranian language branch, spoken in Iran's Gīlān Province.The language is divided into three dialects: Western Gilaki, Eastern Gilaki, and Galeshi . Furthermore, the Gilaki language is closely related to Mazanderani, and the...

 and Persian

Persian language

Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...

.
Gile-mardi wrestling (local type of wrestling

Wrestling

Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...

 in Gilan) have been a popular sport in the past.