Yazd (province)

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استان یزد
Yazd
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Basic data
Country Iran
Capital Yazd
surface 129,285 km²
Residents 1,138,533 (2016 census)
density 8.8 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 IR-25

Coordinates: 31 ° 53 '  N , 54 ° 40'  E

Mosque Amir Chakhmagh today Friday Mosque

Yazd ( Persian استان یزد, DMG Ostān-e Yazd ) is one of the 31 Iranian provinces. The capital is the city of the same name, Yazd .

1,138,533 people live in the province (2016 census). The area of ​​the province extends to 129,285 square kilometers. The population density is 8 people per square kilometer.

geography

The province is in the center of the country. Major cities are Yazd , Mehriz , Meybod , Taft , Ardakan and Bafgh . The pomegranates grown in the province are well known .

population

The population of Yazd is composed almost entirely of Persians , most of them Shiite Muslims. However, a relatively large number of Zoroastrians still live in Yazd. There are still some fire temples ( Persian آتشكده, DMG Ātaškade ) the Zoroastrians.

Administrative division

The Yazd Province is divided into eight counties:

  • Abarkuh
  • Ardakan
  • Bafgh
  • Khatam
  • Mehriz
  • Meybod
  • Sadugh
  • Tabas
  • Taffeta
  • Yazd

history

Maybod Citadel
Fire temple in Yazd
Example of a town house in Yazd

In 1272 the Venetian merchant Marco Polo traveled to the area of ​​today's province, which was then under the rule of the Atabegs of Yazd .

Yazd became historically significant in 1907 when the border and apex of the Anglo-Russian spheres of interest in Persia were contractually established. The Russian influence was to dominate north of a line from Yazd, northwest to Kurdistan and from Yazd northeast to the Persian- Afghan- Russian triangle (today: Iranian-Afghan- Turkmen triangle), south of it the British.

Attractions

  • Fire temple in Yazd
  • Town houses in Yazd
  • Wind tower (Badgir) for air cooling in the old town of Yazd
  • Zoroastrian "Tower of Silence" ( Dachma ) on the outskirts of Yazd
  • Yazd Friday Mosque
  • Mosque and Takiyya of the Emir Tschaqmaq
  • Cemetery of Iranian soldiers who died in the Iran-Iraq war in Yazd
  • Pigeon house in Meybod
  • Citadel in Maybod
  • Mausoleum of Sayyid Rukn ad-Din in Yazd
  • Kurit dam near Tabas
  • Abarkuh cypress

Economy and Infrastructure

The Saghand Mine contains an estimated 1,000 tons of uranium; however, the ore has an uneconomically low uranium concentration. The factory in Ardakan enriches it with yellow cake .

Colleges

  • University of Yazd
  • Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services
  • Islamic Azad University of Bafgh
  • Islamic Azad University of Mehreez
  • Islamic Azad University of Yazd
  • Yazd Sampad Information Center

Sons and Daughters of the Province

Web links

Commons : Yazd Province  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. City Population: Iran - Cities and Provinces .
  2. http://www.isisnucleariran.org/sites/detail/uranium-mining/