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Khorasan

Khorasan is a region in the north-east of . It was a single province until 2004, when it was split into three provinces: North Khorasan, Razavi Khorasan and South Khorasan.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Mashhad and Nishapur.

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Almost everything about relates to its role as the holiest city in Iran, even its name. As the capital of 's Khorasan province, 's year-round cool temperatures and fascinating insights into the Shi'ite heartland have much to offer visitors.

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or Nishabur is the second largest city of Razavi Khorasan Province, the historic capital of the western half of Greater Khorasan, the capital of the County and a historic Silk Road city.

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Bojnord or Bojnurd is a city in the Central District of Bojnord County, province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district.

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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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is a city and the capital of County, in Khorasan, Iran. is located near the river Sish Taraz in the western part of the province, and 217 kilometres south of the province's capital Mashhad, in Iran, from east to Bardaskan, west to Torbat-e Heydarieh, north to , south to Gonabad.

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, previously known as Beyhagh, is a city in Khorasan, . With a population of around 210,000 it is a regional hub.

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Torbat-e Jam is a city in the Central District of Torbat-e Jam County, province, , serving as capital of both the county and the district. It is one of the ancient cities of Greater Khorasan.

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is a city in and the capital of County, Province in Iran.

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Qaen is a city in the Central District of Qaen County, province, , and serves as capital of both the county and the district. One of the first Paleolithic signs was discovered in a village called Khonik in the city of Qain.

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is an village located at one of three border points between and . It is located 75 km from Quchan and about 40 km from , capital of .

Khorasan

Latitude of center
33.2846° or 33° 17′ 5″ north
Longitude of center
58.1397° or 58° 8′ 23″ east
Wiki­data ID
Q6178890
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Khorasan” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة خراسان”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه خراسان”
  • Armenian: “Խորասան”
  • Azerbaijani: “Xorasan ostanı”
  • Azerbaijani: “Xorasan”
  • Bashkir: “Хөрәсән”
  • Basque: “Khorasan”
  • Belarusian: “Харасан”
  • Bengali: “খোরাসান”
  • Bulgarian: “Хорасан”
  • Catalan: “Khorasan”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای خۆراسان”
  • Chinese: “呼罗珊”
  • Chinese: “呼罗珊省”
  • Chinese: “呼羅珊省”
  • Chinese: “霍拉桑省”
  • Chuvash: “Хурасан”
  • Croatian: “Horasan”
  • Czech: “provincie Chorásán”
  • Czech: “Provincie Chorásán”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Xorasan”
  • Dutch: “Khorasan”
  • Esperanto: “Ĥorasano”
  • Finnish: “Khorasan”
  • French: “Khoraçan”
  • French: “Khorassan”
  • Galician: “Khorasán (Irán)”
  • Galician: “Khorasán”
  • German: “Chorasan”
  • Gilaki: “خۊراسان ٚ اۊستان”
  • Greek: “Χορασάν”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Khorasan-sén”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Khurâsân-sén”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז ח’וראסאן”
  • Hungarian: “Horászán”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Khorasan”
  • Italian: “Khorasan”
  • Japanese: “ホラーサーン”
  • Kannada: “ಖುರಸಾನ್”
  • Kazakh: “Хорасан”
  • Kurdish: “Xorasan”
  • Latin: “Chorasania”
  • Macedonian: “Хорасан”
  • Malagasy: “Khorasan”
  • Marathi: “खोरासान प्रांत”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Khorasan”
  • Norwegian: “Khorasan”
  • Ossetian: “Хорасан”
  • Panjabi: “ਖੁਰਾਸਾਨ”
  • Persian: “استان خراسان”
  • Persian: “خراسان”
  • Polish: “Chorasan”
  • Portuguese: “Coração”
  • Pushto: “خراسان ولايت”
  • Romanian: “Provincia Khorasan”
  • Russian: “Хорасан”
  • Serbian: “Хорасан”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Horasan”
  • Slovenian: “Khorāsān”
  • Slovenian: “Korasan”
  • Spanish: “Jorasan”
  • Spanish: “Jorasán”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Jorasán”
  • Swedish: “Khorasan”
  • Tajik: “Устони Хуросон”
  • Tamil: “குராசான் மாகாணம்”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดโคราซาน”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดโฆรอซอน”
  • Turkish: “Horasan, İran”
  • Turkish: “Horasan”
  • Ukrainian: “Хорасан”
  • Urdu: “استان خراسان”
  • Urdu: “صوبہ خراسان”
  • Uzbek: “Xuroson”
  • Welsh: “Talaith Khorasan”
  • Wu Chinese: “呼罗珊省”
  • Yakut: “Хорасан”
  • Yue Chinese: “呼羅珊省”

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