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Iran–Turkmenistan Border
The Iran–Turkmenistan border is the Border, national border separating the countries of Iran and Turkmenistan. It is 1,148 km (713 miles) in length and runs from the Caspian Sea to the tripoint with Afghanistan. The Turkmen capital Ashgabat is only 15 miles north of this boundary, and Mashhad (Iran's second largest city) is 47 miles south of it. Description The border starts at the Caspian coast just to the south of the Turkmen town of Esenguly. It then goes overland in an eastwards directions in a series of straight lines through barren salt flats for 50 km (31 mi) until reaching the Atrek river, the course of which it follows for 124 km (77 mi) to a point just south of the Turkmen village of Chat. The border then continues overland eastwards/north-eastwards across the Kopet Dag mountain range for 151 km (94 mi) before reaching the Sumbar River, Sumbar river, the course of which it then follows for 41 km (26 mi). It then continues overland across mount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorgan
Gorgan (; ) is a city in the Central District (Gorgan County), Central District of Gorgan County, Golestan province, Golestan province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. It lies approximately to the northeast of the national capital Tehran, and some away from the Caspian Sea. History There are several archaeological sites near Gorgan, including Tureng Tepe and Shah Tepe, in which remains dating from the Neolithic and Chalcolithic eras. Some other important Neolithic sites in the area are Yarim Tepe (Iran), Yarim Tepe, and Sange Chaxmaq. The nearby Shahroud Plain has many such sites. More than 50 are on the Gorgan Plain. According to the Greek historian Arrian, Zadracarta was the largest city of Hyrcania and the site of the "royal palace". The term means "the yellow city", and it was given to it from the great number of oranges, lemons, and other fruit trees which grew in the outskirts of that city. Hyrcania became part of the Achaem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarakhs
Sarakhs () is a city in the Central District (Sarakhs County), Central District of Sarakhs County, Razavi Khorasan province, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Sarakhs was once a stopping point along the Silk Road, and in its 11th century heyday had many libraries. Much of the original city site is now just across the border at Serakhs in Turkmenistan. History Pre-Islamic Sarakhs lies in the historical region of Greater Khorasan, an area that was significant under Parthian Empire, Parthian and Sasanian Empire, Sassanian rule. According to Ferdowsi's Shahnameh the town has existed since the Afrasiab period and was named for its builder, Sarakhs, son of Godarz, by Keykavus.The surrounding oasis has been inhabited since 2nd millennium BCE and Turkmen historians consider the city to have been founded in 507 BCE. Although this is considered to be a somewhat arbitrary choice of date, the section of the city called Sarahs that' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dargaz
Dargaz () is a city in the Central District of Dargaz County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. History For the period before the advent of the Safavids (r. 1501–1722), the historic city of Abivard was one of the educational centers of Islamic and Arabic scholarship in eastern Iran. Under the Saljuqids, Muhammad born Ahmad al-Abivardi (died 1114), was one of the renowned poets and litterateurs who, later in his life, settled for a while in Baghdad, but on the account of his Shi'ite proclivities was persecuted by the Abbasids. He then attended the court of the Saljuq Sultan Muhammad and was appointed to the position of Chief Accountant of the court. Another contemporary famous name from Abivard is Ali born Muhammad Anvari-Abivardi (died c. 1191), one of the great classical poets of Iran. After the Mongol invasion of Iran and Iraq, Husam al-Din Abivardi (died after 1324) is mentioned as one of the theologians attending ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Now Khandan
Now Khandan () is a city in, and the capital of, Now Khandan District of Dargaz County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort .... Demographics Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 2,751 in 774 households. The following census in 2011 counted 2,662 people in 768 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 2,634 people in 862 households. See also Notes References Cities in Razavi Khorasan province Populated places in Dargaz County {{Dargaz-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shuy, Razavi Khorasan
Shuy (, also Romanized as Shūy, Shooy, Shevey, Shevy, and Shīvī; also known as Shiwa, Shevey-e Vasaţ, and Shevāīyā) is a village in Shahrestaneh Rural District, Now Khandan District, Dargaz County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort .... At the 2006 census, its population was 431, in 108 families. References Populated places in Dargaz County {{Dargaz-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robat, Zavin
Robat (, also Romanized as Robāţ; also known as Robāţ-e Pasākūh) is a village in Pasakuh Rural District, Zavin District, Kalat County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort .... At the 2006 census, its population was 25, in 5 families. References Populated places in Kalat County {{Kalat-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hesarcheh
Hesarcheh-ye Bala () is a village in, and the capital of, Hesarcheh Rural District of Jargalan District, Raz and Jargalan County, North Khorasan province, Iran. Demographics Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 831 in 197 households, when it was in Jargalan Rural District of the former Raz and Jargalan District of Bojnord County Bojnord County () is in North Khorasan province, North Khorasan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Bojnord. History After the 2011 National Census, the village of Chenaran was elevated to city status as Chenaranshahr. In addition, R .... The following census in 2011 counted 919 people in 260 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 913 people in 231 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Raz and Jargalan County, and the rural district was transferred to the new Jargalan District. Hesarcheh-ye Bala was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bacheh Darreh
Bacheh Darreh () is a village in Hesarcheh Rural District of Jargalan District, Raz and Jargalan County, North Khorasan province, Iran. Demographics Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 1,621 in 423 households, when it was in Jargalan Rural District of the former Raz and Jargalan District of Bojnord County Bojnord County () is in North Khorasan province, North Khorasan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Bojnord. History After the 2011 National Census, the village of Chenaran was elevated to city status as Chenaranshahr. In addition, R .... The following census in 2011 counted 1,735 people in 431 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 1,776 people in 449 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Raz and Jargalan County, and the rural district was transferred to the new Jargalan District. Bacheh Darreh was transferred to Hesarch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Incheh Borun
Incheh Borun () is a city in, and the capital of, Dashli Borun District of Gonbad-e Kavus County, Golestan province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort .... Demographics Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 1,764 in 334 households. The following census in 2011 counted 2,281 people in 487 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 2,494 people in 593 households. See also Notes References Cities in Golestan province Populated places in Gonbad-e Kavus County {{GonbadQabus-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gomishan
Gomish Tappeh () is a city in the Central District of Gomishan County, Golestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. The city's Turkmen name, Kümüş Depe, means "Silver Hill." Demographics Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 15,639 in 3,236 households, when it was capital of the former Gomishan District of Torkaman County Torkaman County () is in Golestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Bandar Torkaman. History After the 2006 National Census, Gomishan District was separated from the county in the establishment of Gomishan County. Faraghi Rura .... The following census in 2011 counted 17,648 people in 4,078 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Gomishan County. Gomishan was transferred to the new Central District as the county's capital. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 19,191 people in 5,1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emirate Of Bukhara
The Emirate of Bukhara (, ) was a Muslims, Muslim-Uzbeks, Uzbek polity in Central Asia that existed from 1785 to 1920 in what is now Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. It occupied the land between the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers, known formerly as Transoxiana. Its core territory was the fertile land along the lower Zarafshon (river), Zarafshon river, and its urban centres were the ancient cities of Samarqand and the emirate's capital, Bukhara. It was contemporaneous with the Khanate of Khiva to the west, in Khwarazm, and the Khanate of Kokand to the east, in Fergana Valley, Fergana. In 1920, it ceased to exist with the establishment of the Bukharan People's Soviet Republic. History The Emirate of Bukhara was officially created in 1785, upon the assumption of rulership by the Manghit emir, Shah Murad. Shahmurad, formalized the family's dynastic rule (Manghit, Manghit dynasty), and the khanate became the Emirate of Bukhara. As one of the few states in Central A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
