Ferdows County ( fa, شهرستان فردوس) is located in

South Khorasan South Khorasan Province ( fa, استان خراسان جنوبی ''Ostān-e Khorāsān-e Jonūbī'') is a province located in eastern Iran. Birjand is the centre of the province. The other major cities are Ferdows, Tabas and Qaen. In 2014, it was ...

province,

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. The capital of the county is

Ferdows Ferdows ( fa, فردوس, also Romanized as Ferdos, Ferdous, and Firdaus; named Toon or Tūn until 1929) is a city and capital of Ferdows County, located in the north of South Khorasan Province in Iran. It is about south of Mashhad and 200 ...

. At the 2006 census, the county's population (including those portions of the county later split off to form

Boshruyeh County Boshruyeh County ( fa, شهرستان بشرویه) is located in South Khorasan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Boshruyeh. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 23,045, in 6,240 households. Retrieved 12 November 2022 The ...

) was 61,346, in 17,539 households. Retrieved 6 November 2022 The following census in 2011 counted 41,626 people, in 12,440 households. At the 2016 census, the county's population was 45,523, in 14,302 households. Situated in the north of the province, Ferdows County, which was formed in 1944, originally included a large area (more than 78,000 km²), but its subdivisions have gradually become independent and now encompasses four counties (Ferdows,

Tabas Tabas ( fa, طبس, also Romanized as Ṭabas), formerly known as Golshan, is the capital city of Tabas County in South Khorasan Province of Iran. At the 2011 census, its population was 35,150, in 9,903 families. Tabas is located in central Iran, ...

Sarayan Sarayan ( fa, سرايان, also Romanized as Sarāyān, Sarā’īān and Sīryān) is a city in, and the capital of, Sarayan County, South Khorasan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called P ...

and

Boshruyeh Boshruyeh ( fa, بشرويه - "''Bosh''-Growing", also Romanized as Boshrūyeh) is a city in, and the capital of, Boshruyeh County, in western South Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 13,778, in 3,638 families. Boshr ...

counties). After dividing the former Khorasan province into three provinces, Ferdows County was initially a part of Razavi Khorasan province, but was incorporated within the borders of

South Khorasan province South Khorasan Province ( fa, استان خراسان جنوبی ''Ostān-e Khorāsān-e Jonūbī'') is a province located in eastern Iran. Birjand is the centre of the province. The other major cities are Ferdows, Tabas and Qaen. In 2014, it wa ...

in March 2007. Ferdows County borders

Gonabad County Gonabad County ( fa, شهرستان گناباد) is located in Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Gonabad. At the 2006 census, the county's population (including those portions of the county later split off to form B ...

and Bajestan County to the north,

and

Sarayan County Sarayan County ( fa, شهرستان سرایان) is in South Khorasan province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Sarayan. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 34,636 in 9,140 households. Retrieved 6 November 2022 The ...

to the east,

to the west and south, and

Tabas County Tabas County ( fa, شهرستان طبس) is in South Khorasan province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Tabas. It was a part of Ferdows County in Khorasan province until July 1960. Tabas County became a part of Yazd Yazd ( ...

to the south. Ferdows is famous for its high quality

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and

pomegranate The pomegranate (''Punica granatum'') is a fruit-bearing deciduous shrub in the family Lythraceae, subfamily Punicoideae, that grows between tall. The pomegranate was originally described throughout the Mediterranean Basin, Mediterranean re ...

Administrative divisions

Visitor attractions

Ferdows Hot Mineral Spring Ferdows Hot Spring or Ferdows Warm Spring ( fa, آبگرم معدنی فردوس – ''Abgarm-e-Ma'dani-e-Ferdows'') is a hot mineral spring located about north of Ferdows in eastern Iran, near an inactive volcano. Its mineral water is useful in ...

Ferdows Hole-in-the-Rock Ferdows Hole-in-the-Rock ( fa, سنگ سوراخ فردوس – ''Sang-e-Sourakh Ferdows'') is a natural geological formation west of Ferdows, South Khorasan Province, Iran. Description Ferdows Hole-in-the-Rock is an elliptical opening around ...

Polond Desert Polond Desert ( fa, کویر پلوند, translit=Kavir e Polond, also Romanized as Plond Desert), also known as the Mozaffari Desert ( ), is a desert located 40 kilometers West of Ferdows, South Khorasan Province, Iran. Polond Desert is lo ...

Ferdows Religious School Ferdows Religious School ( fa, مدرسه علمیه علیا – ''Madreseh Elmiyeh Oliya'') is a historic school with octagonal design, located in the southwest of Ferdows city, in the center of the ancient city of ''Toon'', in South Khorasan ...

(dating to

Safavid dynasty The Safavid dynasty (; fa, دودمان صفوی, Dudmâne Safavi, ) was one of Iran's most significant ruling dynasties reigning from 1501 to 1736. Their rule is often considered the beginning of modern Iranian history, as well as one of th ...

) *

Ferdows Congregation Mosque The Jāmeh Mosque of Ferdows ( fa, مسجد جامع تون/فردوس – ''Masjid-e-Jāmeh Toon/Ferdows'') is the grand, congregational mosque (Jāmeh) of Ferdows, South Khorasan Province, Iran. The mosque is located towards the southwest of ci ...

(Jame' Mosque of Ferdows) (dating to

Seljuk dynasty The Seljuk dynasty, or Seljukids ( ; fa, سلجوقیان ''Saljuqian'', alternatively spelled as Seljuqs or Saljuqs), also known as Seljuk Turks, Seljuk Turkomans "The defeat in August 1071 of the Byzantine emperor Romanos Diogenes by the Turk ...

)

References

Counties of South Khorasan Province {{SouthKhorasan-geo-stub