Firuzeh ( fa, فيروزه, also
Romanize
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d as Fīrūzeh; formerly, Bozghan ( fa, بزغان), also Romanized as Bozghān and Barghān) is a city and capital of
Firuzeh County, in
Razavi Khorasan Province,
Iran
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. At the 2006 census, its population was 4,906, in 1,288 families.
Firuzeh means "
turquoise
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" in
Persian
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* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
. This city and the city of
Bar
Bar or BAR may refer to:
Food and drink
* Bar (establishment), selling alcoholic beverages
* Candy bar
* Chocolate bar
Science and technology
* Bar (river morphology), a deposit of sediment
* Bar (tropical cyclone), a layer of cloud
* Bar (u ...
used to be part of the
county of Nishapur though now they have become part of a separated county. These cities are historically part of the Greater Region of the city of
Nishapur and its people have daily commute and connections with each other.
References
Populated places in Firuzeh County
Cities in Razavi Khorasan Province
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