Middle East
Iran
Kermanshah Province

Bisotun

Bisotun is a city in, and the capital of, Bisotun District of Harsin County, . It also serves as the administrative center for Chamchamal Rural District.
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  • Type: Town with 4,940 residents
  • Description: city in Kermanshah Province, Iran
  • Also known as: “Behistan”, “Bisitan”, “Bīsītan”, “Bisitun”, “Bīsītūn”, “Bisotoun”, and “Bistoon”

Places of Interest

Highlights include 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 in the Kermanshah Province of , near the city of in western , established by Darius the Great.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chambatan-e Sofla and Beznabad-e Sofla.

Village
is a village in Cham Chamal Rural District, Bisotun District, Harsin County, Kermanshah Province, . At the 2006 census, its population was 439, in 95 families.

Village
is a village in Cham Chamal Rural District, Bisotun District, Harsin County, Kermanshah Province, . At the 2006 census, its population was 203, in 47 families. is situated 3½ km southeast of Bisotun.

Village
is a village in Cham Chamal Rural District, Bisotun District, Harsin County, Kermanshah Province, . At the 2006 census, its population was 181, in 37 families. is situated 4 km south of Bisotun.

Bisotun

Latitude
34.39957° or 34° 23′ 58″ north
Longitude
47.44483° or 47° 26′ 41″ east
Population
4,940
Elevation
1,297 metres (4,255 feet)
Open location code
8H699CXV+RW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 819610900
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
140428
Wiki­data ID
Q740141
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Bisotun” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بيستون”
  • Azerbaijani: “Bisütun”
  • Cebuano: “Bīsotūn”
  • Central Kurdish: “بێستوون”
  • Chinese: “Bisotun”
  • Chinese: “比索通”
  • Czech: “Bísotún”
  • Dutch: “Behistun”
  • Esperanto: “Behistuno”
  • French: “Bisotun”
  • German: “Bisotun”
  • German: “Bisutun”
  • Hungarian: “Biszotun”
  • Indonesian: “Behistun”
  • Irish: “Bisotun”
  • Japanese: “ビーソトゥーン”
  • Kurdish: “Bêstûn”
  • Latin: “Bagistane”
  • Malagasy: “Bisotun”
  • Mazanderani: “بیستون (هرسین)”
  • Mazanderani: “بیستون”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Bisotun”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bisotun”
  • Norwegian: “Bisotun”
  • Persian: “بیستون”
  • Polish: “Bisotun”
  • Portuguese: “Beistum”
  • Portuguese: “Bisutun”
  • Pushto: “بيستون”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bisotun”
  • Slovenian: “Bisotun”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بیستون (هرسین)”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بیستون”
  • Swedish: “Bīsotūn”
  • Tajik: “Бесутун”
  • Turkish: “Bisotun”
  • Turkish: “Bisütun”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bisotun”. Photo: Ninara, CC BY 2.0.