Esfarayen ( fa, اسفراین, also

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d as Esfarāyen; formerly, Meyanābād, Mīānābād, and Mīyānābād) is a city and capital of

Esfarayen County Esfarayen County ( fa, شهرستان اسفراین) is located in North Khorasan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Esfarayen. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 119,152, in 30,307 households. Retrieved 7 November 2022 ...

North Khorasan Province North Khorasan Province ( fa, استان خراسان شمالی, ''Ostān-e Khorāsān-e Shomālī'') is a province located in northeastern Iran. Bojnord is the capital of the province. The counties of North Khorasan Province are Shirvan Count ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

. At the 2011 census its population was 60,372 persons in 17,334 families. The majority of the population is

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, with a significant population of Tats and

Turkmens Turkmens ( tk, , , , ; historically "the Turkmen"), sometimes referred to as Turkmen Turks ( tk, , ), are a Turkic ethnic group native to Central Asia, living mainly in Turkmenistan, northern and northeastern regions of Iran and north-weste ...

Location

Esfarayen city is the center of Esfarayen County. This city is neighboring with

Sabzevar Sabzevar ( fa, سبزوار ), previously known as Beyhagh (also spelled "Beihagh"; fa, بيهق), is a city and capital of Sabzevar County, in Razavi Khorasan Province, approximately west of the provincial capital Mashhad, in northeastern I ...

city from the south and southeast, with Farooj from the northeast, with

Shirvan Shirvan (from fa, شروان, translit=Shirvān; az, Şirvan; Tat: ''Şirvan''), also spelled as Sharvān, Shirwan, Shervan, Sherwan and Šervān, is a historical Iranian region in the eastern Caucasus, known by this name in both pre-Islam ...

from the north and with Bojnourd from the west, and is located in the southern margin of Aladagh mountains along the eastern stretch of Alborz mountain range. The height of Esfarayen city is 1260 meters above sea level.

Culture and customs

Ethnicities

The

Kurmanji Kurmanji ( ku, کورمانجی, lit=Kurdish, translit=Kurmancî, also termed Northern Kurdish, is the northern dialect of the Kurdish languages, spoken predominantly in southeast Turkey, northwest and northeast Iran, northern Iraq, northern Sy ...

-speaking

Kurds ug:كۇردلار Kurds ( ku, کورد ,Kurd, italic=yes, rtl=yes) or Kurdish people are an Iranian ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Ir ...

are the main inhabitants of the city of Esfarayen and constitute the majority of the population of this city. According to Javadzadeh (2001), the people of Esfarayen are composed of 4 ethnic groups, including the Tatas (Persians), the Turks of Khorasan, the Kurds of Kermanshah, the Hazaras (Barbarians).

Universities and higher education centers

Esfarayen is a university city in northeastern Iran, and in recent years, with the establishment of several universities, the student population of this city has grown. Higher education centers in Esfarayen: Esfarayen University of Technology Esfarayen Higher Education Complex Islamic Azad University of Esfarayen Esfarayen University of Medical Sciences

References

Sources

* Cities in North Khorasan Province Populated places in Esfarayen County Nishapur Quarter Kurdish settlements in Iran {{Esfarayen-geo-stub