Behestan
Behestan is a village in Mah Neshan Rural District of the Central District in Mahneshan County, Zanjan province, Iran.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 370 residents
- Description: village in Mahneshan County, Iran
- Also known as: “Behestān”, “Behestan, Mahneshan”, and “Behestan, Zanjan”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Behestan Castle.
Behestan Castle
Photo: Hamidrezabazargani, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Behestan castle is a historical castle located in Mahneshan County in Zanjan Province, Iran, near Behestan village and next to Ghezel Ozan river. The first building of this fort belongs to the Sasanian Empire, but it was used in the Islamic period and the 5th to 7th centuries AH.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tak Aghaj and Sarik.
Tak Aghaj
Village
Tak Aghaj is a village in Mah Neshan Rural District of the Central District in Mahneshan County, Zanjan province, Iran. Tak Aghaj is situated 2½ km northwest of Behestan.
Sarik
Village
Sarik is a village in, and the capital of, Mah Neshan Rural District in the Central District of Mahneshan County, Zanjan province, Iran. The rural district was previously administered from the city of Mah Neshan. Sarik is situated 6 km north of Behestan.
Mah Neshan
Town
Mah Neshan (Persian: ماه نشان is a city in the Central District of Mahneshan County, Zanjan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Mah Neshan is situated 10 km northwest of Behestan.
Behestan
- Category: locality
- Location: Zanjan Province, Iran, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
36.66881° or 36° 40′ 8″ northLongitude
47.72601° or 47° 43′ 34″ eastPopulation
370Elevation
1,307 metres (4,288 feet)Open location code
8H89MP9G+GCOpenStreetMap ID
node 3990238339OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
27000Wikidata ID
Q15198113
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to South Azerbaijani—“Behestan” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Behistan (Mahnişan)”
- Azerbaijani: “Behistan”
- Chinese: “Behestan”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بهستان”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Behestan”
- Persian: “بهستان (ماهنشان)”
- Persian: “بهستان”
- South Azerbaijani: “بهستان”
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