Rayen

Rayen is a city in . Rayen is everything used to be before the earthquake. Rayen has a historic Arg built entirely of sun-dried mud bricks. Its historic city has countless mudbrick houses, some of them decaying, but it is this decaying charm that makes the city even more attractive.
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  • Type: Town with 10,300 residents
  • Description: city in Kerman Province, Iran
  • Also known as: “Rāyīn”, “رائین”, and “شهر راین”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Arg-e Rayen (Rayen Castle).

Photo: ninara, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Rayen Citadel is a historic fortress…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mozaffarabad.

Village
is a village in Rayen Rural District… is situated 6 km northwest of Rayen.

Rayen

Latitude
29.5981° or 29° 35′ 53″ north
Longitude
57.4365° or 57° 26′ 11″ east
Population
10,300
Elevation
2,193 metres (7,195 feet)
Open location code
7HXVHCXP+7H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 248862920
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
118696
Wiki­data ID
Q498130
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Rayen” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “راين”
  • Azerbaijani: “Rayen”
  • Cebuano: “Rāyen”
  • Central Kurdish: “ڕایەن”
  • Dutch: “Rayen”
  • French: “Rayen”
  • Irish: “Rayen”
  • Italian: “Rayen”
  • Japanese: “ラーイェン”
  • Malagasy: “Rayen”
  • Mazanderani: “راین (کرمان)”
  • Mazanderani: “راین”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Rayen”
  • Persian: “راین”
  • Russian: “Райен”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Rajen”
  • South Azerbaijani: “راین (شهر)”
  • South Azerbaijani: “راین”
  • Spanish: “Rayen”
  • Swedish: “Rāyen”
  • Swiss German: “Rajen”
  • Thai: “รอเยน”
  • Turkish: “Rayen”
  • Urdu: “راین، کرمان”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Deh-e Malek and Bab Bini.

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