Mount Behistun
Mount Bisotoun is a mountain of the Zagros Mountains range, located in Kermanshah Province, western Iran. It is located 525 kilometers west of Tehran.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 2,752 metres
- Description: mountain in Iran
- Also known as: “Behistun” and “Kuh-e Bisotun”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bisotun inscription.
Bisotun inscription
Photo: Korosh.091, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Behistun Inscription is a multilingual Achaemenid royal inscription and large rock relief on a cliff at Mount Behistun in the Kermanshah Province of Iran, near the city of Kermanshah in western Iran, established by Darius the Great.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bisotun and Chambatan-e Sofla.
Bisotun
Town
Bisotun is a city in, and the capital of, Bisotun District of Harsin County, Kermanshah province, Iran. It also serves as the administrative center for Chamchamal Rural District. Bisotun is situated 3 km east of Mount Behistun.
Chambatan-e Sofla
Village
Chambatan-e Sofla is a village in Cham Chamal Rural District, Bisotun District, Harsin County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 439, in 95 families. Chambatan-e Sofla is situated 3½ km southeast of Mount Behistun.
Qarah Vali
Village
Qarah Vali is a village in Cham Chamal Rural District, Bisotun District, Harsin County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 181, in 37 families. Qarah Vali is situated 4 km southeast of Mount Behistun.
Mount Behistun
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Kermanshah Province, Iran, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Mount Behistun” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جبل بيستون”
- Catalan: “Bagistanus”
- Catalan: “Bahistum”
- Catalan: “Behistun”
- Catalan: “Bihistun”
- Catalan: “Bistun”
- Catalan: “Bisutun”
- Catalan: “Cambadene”
- Cebuano: “Kūh-e Bīsotūn”
- Central Kurdish: “بێستوون”
- Chinese: “貝希斯敦山”
- Chinese: “贝希斯敦山”
- Dutch: “Kūh-e Bīsotūn”
- Dutch: “Mount Behistun”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل بيستون”
- Hebrew: “הר ביסותון”
- Indonesian: “Gunung Behistun”
- Italian: “Behistun”
- Italian: “Monte Behistun”
- Ladin: “Mont Behistun”
- Persian: “بیستون”
- Persian: “کوه بیستون”
- Portuguese: “Montanha Behistun”
- Portuguese: “Monte Behistun”
- Portuguese: “Monte Beistum”
- Portuguese: “Monte Bisotoun”
- Pushto: “بيستون غر”
- Slovenian: “Behistun”
- Slovenian: “gora Behistun”
- Slovenian: “Kuh-e Behistun”
- Spanish: “Monte Behistún”
- Swedish: “Kūh-e Bīsotūn”
- Venetian: “Monte Behistun”
Localities in the Area
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