Shirvan ( fa, شيروان, also

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d as Shīrvān) is a city and capital of

Shirvan County Shirvan County ( fa, شهرستان شیروان) is located in North Khorasan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Shirvan. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 152,493, in 37,647 households. Retrieved 7 November 2022 The ...

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 2006 census, its population was 162,790, in 70,878 families.

Etymology

The name of this city branches from the

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word, ''Shīr'' ( fa, , '

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'). It might be because of the mountain in the south of the city which looks like a big

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at rest. The history of Shirvan is more than 7000 years old, as archaeologists found some graves in Gelian an Khanlogh (Villages of Shirvan) which are related to

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era.

Geographical location

Shirvan is located at a latitude of 37 degrees and 40 minutes and a longitude of 57 degrees and 93 minutes with an altitude of 1097 meters

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and an area of 3789 square meters. The 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 ...

is bounded on the north by the capital of

Turkmenistan Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the sout ...

, on the south by the city of

Esfarayen Esfarayen ( fa, اسفراین, also Romanized as Esfarāyen; formerly, Meyanābād, Mīānābād, and Mīyānābād) is a city and capital of Esfarayen County, North Khorasan Province in Iran. At the 2011 census its population was 60,372 persons ...

, on the east by the city of Farooj and on the west by

Bojnourd Bojnord ( fa, ; also romanized Bojnūrd, Bujnūrd, Bojnoord, Bojnord or Bujnurd), known in the Middle Ages as Buzanjird, is the capital city of North Khorasan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and al ...

. The city of Shirvan is located near the Atrak River. Shirvan, 22 km away, is the closest city to Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan.

Significance

The city has been significant industrially with sugar beet factories. It is also significant historically (Nader hill), geographically ( Honameh), and anthropologically (caves around the city).

Universities

Shirvan Higher Education Complex Shirvan Health Higher Education Complex Islamic Azad University, Shirvan Branch Professor Hesabi Boys' Technical School

References

Populated places in Shirvan County Cities in North Khorasan Province {{Shirvan-geo-stub pnb:شیروان (شہر)

Etymology

Geographical location

Significance

Universities

See also

References