Gonabad County ( fa, شهرستان گناباد) is located in
Razavi Khorasan province,
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 ...
. The capital of the county is
Gonabad
Gonabad ( fa, گناباد , also Romanized as Gonābād; also known as Gūnābād; formerly Janābaz) is a city and capital of Gonabad County, in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2011 census, its population was 36,367, in 10,389 families. ...
. At the 2006 census, the county's population (including those portions of the county later split off to form
Bajestan County) was 106,158, in 30,357 households.
[ Retrieved 27 October 2022] At the 2016 census, the county's population was 88,753, in 27,607 households.
Climate and geography
Gonabad is located in a plate area on the north of the Brakoh mountain or
Kūh-e Tīr Māhī
[Ajam, Mohammad. ''Geography and tribes and minorities in Khorasan'', research published 1992, University of Imam Sadegh, Tehran]
Administrative divisions
Historical places
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Bidokht
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Kakhk
Kakhk ( fa, کاخْک, also Romanized as Kākhk and Kākhak; also known as Kākh) is a city and capital of Kakhk District, in Gonabad County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and als ...
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Kūh-e Tīr Māhī
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Qanats of Gonabad
The Qanats of Ghasabeh ( fa, قنات قصبه), also called Kariz e Kay Khosrow, is one of the world's oldest and largest networks of qanats (underground aqueducts). Built between 700 and 500 BCE by the Achaemenid Empire in what is now Gonabad ...
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Zibad
Zibad ( fa, زيبَد, also Romanized as Zībad) is a village in Zibad Rural District, Kakhk District, Gonabad County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 4243, in 1701 families.
Zibad, which means beautiful i ...
See also
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Davazdah Rokh Davāzdah Rokh ( fa, دَوازدَه رُخ) (Twelve combats) is a story in Shahnameh. This relatively long story (almost 2,500 verses) is described as one of the finest stories of Shahnameh in terms of "plot, dramatic description, and insight into ...
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Zibad
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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 ...
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Gonabad
Gonabad ( fa, گناباد , also Romanized as Gonābād; also known as Gūnābād; formerly Janābaz) is a city and capital of Gonabad County, in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2011 census, its population was 36,367, in 10,389 families. ...
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Kūh-e Tīr Māhī
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Traditional water sources of Persian antiquity Most rivers in Iran are seasonal and have traditionally not been able to supply the needs of urban settlements. Major rivers like the Arvand, Aras, Zayandeh, Sefid and Atrak were few and far between in Persia.
With the growth of urban settleme ...
References
Gallery
File:Zibad Castle.jpg, Zibad Castle
File:ZibadTirMahi.jpg, Zibad Mountain
File:Zeebad.jpg, Sassanian Castel
File:Ancient water clock used in qanat of gonabad 2500 years ago.JPG, Ancient water clock used in a ''qanat'' of Gonabad 2500 years ago
{{Gonabad County, state=collapsed
Counties of Razavi Khorasan Province