Quchan ( fa, قوچان ' ; also
Romanize
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d as Qūchān and Quçan; also known as Khabushan, Gochan) is a city and capital of
Quchan County, 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 ...
. It is located due south of the border city of
Ashgabat
Ashgabat or Asgabat ( tk, Aşgabat, ; fa, عشقآباد, translit='Ešqābād, formerly named Poltoratsk ( rus, Полтора́цк, p=pəltɐˈratsk) between 1919 and 1927), is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies ...
. At the 2006 census, its population was 96,953, in 25,066 families.
The city of Quchan has been considered in the past due to its historical location, including having 140 historical monuments and having 32 monuments registered in the list of national monuments and 20 attractive tourist areas. This city, has trained famous scholars, mystics, thinkers, poets and heroes. Heroes such as Jafar Gholi Zangli and Noei khaboushani and
Ahmad Vafadar
Ahmad Vafadar ( fa, احمد وفادار, 23 January 1927–22 February 2005) was an Iranian heavyweight freestyle wrestler who competed at the 1951 World Wrestling Championships, 1952 Summer Olympics and the 1954 World Wrestling Championships ...
who technically struck the heroes
Abbas Zandi
Abbas Zandi ( fa, عباس زندی; 3 June 1930 – 30 October 2017) was an Iranian Bastani practitioner, Freestyle Wrestler, national champion, and coach. Zandi had competed in three Olympic games including 1948 London, 1952 Helsinki and ...
and
Gholamreza Takhti
Gholamreza Takhti ( fa, غلامرضا تختی, August 27, 1930 – January 7, 1968) was an Iranian Olympic Gold-Medalist wrestler and Varzesh-e Bastani (''Persian Traditional Sport'') practitioner.Houchang E. Chehabi, TAḴTI, Ḡolām-Re ...
and won the wrestling
armband for three