Iran
Khorasan
South Khorasan Province

Birjand

Birjand is a city in the Central District of , province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. The city is known for its saffron, barberry, jujube, and handmade carpet exports.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Birjand University of Medical Sciences.

University
and Health Services is located in the Islamic Republic of Iran. This university has now more than 3300 students.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Amirabad-e Sheybani.

Hamlet
is a village in Baqeran Rural District, in the Central District of , South Khorasan Province, . At the 2006 census, its population was 82, in 23 families.

Birjand

Latitude
32.8634° or 32° 51′ 48″ north
Longitude
59.2177° or 59° 13′ 4″ east
Population
204,000
Elevation
1,459 metres (4,787 feet)
IATA airport code
XBJ
United Nations Location Code
IR XBJ
Open location code
8H4XV679+93
Open­Street­Map ID
node 32677634
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
140463
Wiki­data ID
Q193806
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Birjand” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بيرجند”
  • Arabic: “بیرجند”
  • Armenian: “Բիրջանդ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Bircənd”
  • Basque: “Birjand”
  • Belarusian: “Бірджэнд”
  • Bengali: “বারজেণ্ড”
  • Bulgarian: “Бирджанд”
  • Catalan: “Birdjan”
  • Catalan: “Birdjand”
  • Catalan: “Birjan”
  • Catalan: “Birjand”
  • Cebuano: “Bīrjand”
  • Central Kurdish: “بیرجەند”
  • Chinese: “Birjand”
  • Chinese: “比尔詹德”
  • Chinese: “比爾詹德”
  • Croatian: “Birdžand”
  • Czech: “Bírdžand”
  • Danish: “Birjand”
  • Dutch: “Birjand”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بيرجند”
  • Esperanto: “Birĵando”
  • Finnish: “Birjand”
  • French: “Birdjand”
  • French: “Birjand”
  • German: “Birdschand”
  • German: “Birjand”
  • Gilaki: “بيرجند”
  • Greek: “Μπιρτζάντ”
  • Gujarati: “બિરજંદ”
  • Hebrew: “בירג’אנד”
  • Hebrew: “בירג’נד”
  • Hindi: “बीरजंद”
  • Indonesian: “Birjand”
  • Irish: “Birjand”
  • Italian: “Birjand”
  • Japanese: “ビールジャンド”
  • Kannada: “ಬಿರ್ಜಾನ್ಡ್”
  • Kazakh: “Bïrdjend”
  • Kazakh: “Бирдженд”
  • Kazakh: “بىيردجەند”
  • Korean: “비르잔드”
  • Kurdish: “Bîrcend”
  • Kurdish: “بیرجەند”
  • Latvian: “Birdžanda”
  • Latvian: “Bīrdžanda”
  • Lithuanian: “Birdžendas”
  • Malagasy: “Birjand”
  • Malay: “Birjand”
  • Maori: “Birjand”
  • Marathi: “बिरजांड”
  • Mazanderani: “بیرجند”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Birjand”
  • Mingrelian: “ბირჯენდი”
  • Northern Frisian: “Biirdschand”
  • Northern Frisian: “Birjand”
  • Northern Sami: “Biržand”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Birjand”
  • Norwegian: “Birjand”
  • Ossetian: “Бирдженд”
  • Persian: “بيرجند”
  • Persian: “بیرجند”
  • Polish: “Birdżand”
  • Polish: “Birjand”
  • Portuguese: “Birjand”
  • Romanian: “Birjand”
  • Russian: “Бирдженд”
  • Scots: “Birjand”
  • Serbian: “Бирџанд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Birdžand”
  • Sinhala: “බිර්ජන්ඩ්”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بیرجند”
  • Spanish: “Birjand”
  • Spanish: “Biryand”
  • Swedish: “Birjand”
  • Swedish: “Bīrjand”
  • Tajik: “Bīrçand”
  • Tajik: “Берҷанд”
  • Tajik: “Бирҷанд”
  • Tajik: “Бӣрҷанд”
  • Tamil: “பிர்ஜான்ட்”
  • Tatar: “Бирҗәнд”
  • Telugu: “బిర్జాన్డ్”
  • Thai: “บีร์แจนด์”
  • Turkish: “Bircand”
  • Turkish: “Bircend”
  • Turkish: “Birjand”
  • Turkish: “بیرجند”
  • Ukrainian: “Бірджанд”
  • Urdu: “بیرجند”
  • Uzbek: “Birjand”
  • Venetian: “Birjand”
  • Vietnamese: “Birjand”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Birjand”
  • Western Panjabi: “بیرجند”

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