Mashhad
Almost everything about Mashhad relates to its role as the holiest city in Iran, even its name. As the capital of Iran's Khorasan province, Mashhad's year-round cool temperatures and fascinating insights into the Shi'ite heartland have much to offer visitors.
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- City with about 3,000,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,000 metres (3,260 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code MHD
- Description: capital city of Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
- Also known as“Holy Mashhad”“Mašhad”“Mashed”“Mashhad, Iran”“Mesched”“Mešhed”“Meshhed”“Sanâbâd”“Tus”
- Historically known as“Alexandria”“Sanaabad”
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Mashhad
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Latitude
36.2975° or 36° 17′ 51″ north
Longitude
59.6059° or 59° 36′ 21″ east
UN/LOCODE
IR MHD
Open location code
8H8X7JW4+X9
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = city
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Mashhad” goes by many names.
MashhadAfrikaans
MasjhadAfrikaans
MeshhedAlbanian
مشهدArabic
مشهد المقدسةArabic
ՄաշհադArmenian
MašhadAsturian
MashhadAsturian
MešhedAsturian
MəşhədAzerbaijani
MashhadBalinese
МәшһәдBashkir
MaxhadBasque
МешхедBelarusian
МэшхэдBelarusian
মাশহাদBengali
MašhadBosnian
MashhadBreton
МашхадBulgarian
МешхедBulgarian
MaixhadCatalan
MašhadCatalan
MashdadCatalan
MashhadCatalan
MeixadCatalan
MeshadCatalan
MeshedCatalan
MašhadCebuano
مەشھەدCentral Kurdish
МешхӀедChechen
馬什哈德Chinese
馬什哈德/马什哈德Chinese
马什哈德Chinese
马什哈德市Chinese
马沙德Chinese
麥什德Chinese
麦什德Chinese
MašadCroatian
MašhadCroatian
MašchadCzech
MašhadCzech
MashhadDanish
MashadDutch
MashhadDutch
MesjhedDutch
شهرستان خوافEgyptian Arabic
مشهدEgyptian Arabic
МашхадErzya
МешхедErzya
Мешхед ошErzya
MaŝadoEsperanto
MaŝhadoEsperanto
MashhadEsperanto
MašhadEstonian
MashhadEstonian
MešhedEstonian
MašhadFinnish
MashhadFinnish
MashhadFulah
MashhadGalician
მეშჰედიGeorgian
مشهدGilaki
ΜασάντGreek
ΜασχάντGreek
મશહાદGujarati
MashhadHausa
משהאדHebrew
משהדHebrew
माशहादHindi
MeshedHungarian
MashadIdo
MashhadIndonesian
MasyhadIndonesian
MashhadInterlingua
MashdadInterlingue
MashhadIrish
MashhadItalian
マシハドJapanese
マシャッドJapanese
マシャドJapanese
マシュハドJapanese
メシェッドJapanese
メシェドJapanese
MashhadKalaallisut
ಮಾಶ್ಹದ್Kannada
مشہدKashmiri
MeşxedKazakh
МашһадKazakh
МешхедKazakh
МешһедKazakh
مەشحەدKazakh
MašhadKinaray-A
МашатKirghiz
МешхедKirghiz
마슈하드Korean
MeşhedKurdish
مەشهەدKurdish
MexatumLatin
MashhadLatvian
MešhedaLatvian
MešchedasLithuanian
MešhedasLithuanian
MaschhadLuxembourgish
МешхедMacedonian
MashhadMalagasy
MashadMalay
MashhadMalay
MashhadMalayalam
മശ്ഹദ്Malayalam
മഷാദ്Malayalam
MaharaMaori
MashhadMaori
मशहदMarathi
مشهدMazanderani
MashhadMin Nan Chinese
მეშჰედიMingrelian
МэшхэдMoksha
МашхадMongolian
MaschhadNorthern Frisian
MeschhedNorthern Frisian
MashhadNorwegian
MashhadNorwegian Bokmål
MashhadNorwegian Nynorsk
MashhadOccitan (post 1500)
МашхадOssetian
МешхедOssetian
ਮਸ਼ਹਦPanjabi
MashhadPapiamento
پایتخت معنوی ایرانPersian
سناباد (historical)Persian
مشهدPersian
مشهد مقدسPersian
MaszhadPolish
MeszhedPolish
مشهدPushto
MashhadQuechua
MešhedQuechua
MașhadRomanian
MashhadRomanian
МешхедRussia Buriat
МашхадRussian
МешхедRussian
MashhadScots
MaschhadSerbian
MešhedSerbian
МашхадSerbian
МешхедSerbian
MašhadSerbo-Croatian
MeszhedSilesian
مشھدSindhi
මාෂාඩ්Sinhala
MašhadSlovak
MašadSlovenian
MašhadSlovenian
MešedSlovenian
MešhedSlovenian
SanaabadSlovenian
SanabadSlovenian
مشهدSouth Azerbaijani
MashadSwedish
MashhadSwedish
MeshedSwedish
MashhadTagalog
MaşhadTajik
МашҳадTajik
மசுகாத்Tamil
மஸ்சாத்Tamil
MäşhädTatar
МәшһәдTatar
మష్షాద్Telugu
มัชฮัดThai
แมชแฮดThai
MeşhedTurkish
MaşatTurkmen
مەشھەدUighur
МешхедUkrainian
مشھدUrdu
مشہدUrdu
مشہد المقدسUrdu
MashhadUzbek
MashhadVenetian
MešhedVeps
MashhadVietnamese
MashhadWaray (Philippines)
MashhadWelsh
ՄաշհատWestern Armenian
MasjhadWestern Frisian
مشهدWestern Panjabi
مشہدWestern Panjabi
MashhadWolof
马什哈德Wu Chinese
馬斯哈德Yue Chinese
Places with the Same Name
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Sarab and Shohada cross.
“I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.”
