Shakhen
Shakhen is a village in, and the capital of, Shakhen Rural District of Shakhenat District, Birjand County, South Khorasan province, Iran.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 1,340 residents
- Description: village in South Khorasan, Iran
- Also known as: “Shākhen” and “Shākhīn”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mobarakabad and Khazan.
Mobarakabad
Village
Mobarakabad is a village in Shakhen Rural District, in the Central District of Birjand County, South Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2016 census, its population was 460, in 129 families. Mobarakabad is situated 4 km northwest of Shakhen.
Khazan
Village
Khazan is a village in Shakhen Rural District, in the Central District of Birjand County, South Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2016 census, its population was 273, in 98 families. Khazan is situated 4½ km west of Shakhen.
Bimad
Village
Bimad is a village in Shakhen Rural District, in the Central District of Birjand County, South Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2016 census, its population was 42, in 21 families. Bimad is situated 4½ km west of Shakhen.
Shakhen
- Category: locality
- Location: South Khorasan Province, Iran, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.36115° or 33° 21′ 40″ northLongitude
59.53718° or 59° 32′ 14″ eastPopulation
1,340Elevation
2,016 metres (6,614 feet)Open location code
8H5X9G6P+FVOpenStreetMap ID
node 2053471004OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
115620Wikidata ID
Q5701517
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Russian—“Shakhen” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شاخن”
- Chinese: “Shakhen”
- Dutch: “Shakhen”
- Egyptian Arabic: “شاخن”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Shakhen”
- Persian: “شاخن”
- Russian: “Шахен”
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