Middle East
Iran
Sistan & Baluchestan

Shahr-e Sukhteh

Shahr-e Sukhteh, c. 3550–2300 BC, also spelled as Shahr-e Sūkhté and Shahr-i Sōkhta, is an archaeological site of a sizable Bronze Age urban settlement, associated with the Helmand culture.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: archaeological site in Sistan and Baluchistan Province, Iran
  • Also known as: “Shahr Sukhteh”

Shahr-e Sukhteh

Latitude
30.59534° or 30° 35′ 43″ north
Longitude
61.32622° or 61° 19′ 34″ east
Elevation
490 metres (1,608 feet)
Open location code
8J23H8WG+4F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3304892108
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
1159598
Wiki­data ID
Q1025825
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Shahr-e Sukhteh” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شهر سوخته”
  • Armenian: “Շահր ի Սուխտե”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şəhr-i Soxta”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şəhr-i Suxte”
  • Basque: “Xahr-i Sokhta”
  • Belarusian: “Шахры-Сухтэ”
  • Bengali: “শাহর-ই সুখতেহ”
  • Bulgarian: “Шахре Сухте”
  • Catalan: “Shahr-i Sokhta”
  • Catalan: “Xahr-i Sokhta”
  • Cebuano: “Shahr-e Sūkhteh”
  • Chinese: “沙赫里 索赫塔”
  • Chinese: “沙赫里索克塔”
  • Chinese: “被焚之城”
  • Chinese: “被焚烧的城市”
  • Chinese: “被焚燒的城市”
  • Croatian: “Šahri Suhte”
  • Czech: “Šahr-i Suchta”
  • Czech: “Šahr-i Suchte”
  • Czech: “Spálené město”
  • Dutch: “Shahr-e Sukhteh”
  • Esperanto: “Ŝahr-e Suĥteh”
  • Finnish: “Shahr-i-Sokhta”
  • French: “Shahr-e Sokhta”
  • French: “Shahr-e Sokhteh”
  • French: “Shahr-e Sukhteh”
  • French: “Shar-i-Sokhta”
  • Georgian: “შაჰრი-სუჰტე”
  • German: “Schahr-e Suchte”
  • German: “Shah-re Sokhteh”
  • German: “Shahr-e Sokhta”
  • German: “Shahr-e Sookhte”
  • German: “Shahr-e suchte”
  • German: “Shahr-e Sukhteh”
  • German: “Shahr-i Sokhta”
  • Hebrew: “שהר-י סוח’תה”
  • Hungarian: “Sor-i-Szoktha”
  • Italian: “Shahr-i Sokhta”
  • Japanese: “シャフリ・ソハタ”
  • Japanese: “シャフリ･ソハタ”
  • Japanese: “シャフリ・ソフタ”
  • Japanese: “シャフレ・ソフテ”
  • Kirghiz: “Шахре сухте (Сухте шаары)شهر سوخته”
  • Kirghiz: “Шахре сухтеشهر سوخته”
  • Korean: “불타버린 도시”
  • Korean: “샤르에 수헤테”
  • Korean: “샤르이 소흐타”
  • Korean: “샤르이 쇼흐타”
  • Latvian: “Šahri Suhte”
  • Lithuanian: “Šahri Suchtė”
  • Macedonian: “Шахри Сухте”
  • Malagasy: “Shahr-e Sokhteh”
  • Malay: “Shahr-e Sukhteh”
  • Maltese: “Shahr-e Sokhta”
  • Maltese: “Shahr-e Sukhteh”
  • Maltese: “Shahr-i Sokhta”
  • Mazanderani: “بسوته شهر”
  • Nepali: “शहर-ए सुखतह”
  • Ossetian: “Шахри-Сухте”
  • Persian: “تپه اطراف شهر سوخته شماره ۳۵۳”
  • Persian: “شهر سوخته”
  • Polish: “Szahr-e Suchte”
  • Portuguese: “Shahr-e Sūkhté”
  • Pushto: “شهر سوخته (سوزېدلی ښار)”
  • Pushto: “شهر سوخته”
  • Russian: “Шахри-Сохте”
  • Russian: “Шахри-Сухте”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Spaljeni grad”
  • Slovenian: “Šahri Sohte”
  • Spanish: “Shahr i Sokhta”
  • Spanish: “Shahr-i Sokhta”
  • Swedish: “Shahr-e Sukhteh”
  • Turkish: “Şehr-i Suhta”
  • Turkish: “Shahr-e Sukhteh”
  • Ukrainian: “Шахрі-Сухте”
  • Urdu: “شہر سوختہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Shahr-e Sukhteh”
  • Western Panjabi: “شہر سوختہ”

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