Yazd

Yazd is a desert city in central and the capital of the . It is an ancient city dating back to the Sassanian period. It is nicknamed "the City of Windcatchers" in Persian, and in 2017, this city of 530,000 people was listed by as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • City with about 530,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 1,220 metres (3,990 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code AZD
  • Description: capital city of Yazd Province, Iran
  • Historically known as
    “Isatis”
    “Kath”

Places of Interest

Discover Dowlatabad Garden and Zoroastrian Fire Temple.
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is a historical garden in Yazd, .
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Place of worship
The Fire Temple of Yazd, also known as Yazd Atash…
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Akramabad and Kheyrabad.
Village
is a village in Rural District…
Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in the city of Yazd in the…

Yazd

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Latitude
31.9052° or 31° 54′ 19″ north
Longitude
54.3701° or 54° 22′ 12″ east
UN/LOCODE
IR AZD
Open location code
8H3PW94C+32
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1487757399
Open­Street­Map feature
place = city
Geo­Names ID
111822
Wiki­data ID
Q182394

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Yazd” goes by many names.
يازدArabic
يزدArabic
ՅազդArmenian
YəzdAzerbaijani
ЙәздBashkir
YazdBasque
ЕздBelarusian
ЯздBelarusian
ইয়াজ্দ্Bengali
ইয়াদBengali
ইয়াযদBengali
YazdBreton
ЯздBulgarian
IazdCatalan
YadzCatalan
YazdCatalan
YedzCatalan
YezdCatalan
Dakbayan sa YazdCebuano
یەزدCentral Kurdish
亚兹德Chinese
亞茲德Chinese
JazdCroatian
JazdCzech
YazdDanish
YazdDutch
يزدEgyptian Arabic
JazdoEsperanto
YazdEsperanto
YazdEstonian
YazdFinnish
YazdFrench
YazdGalician
იაზდიGeorgian
იეზდიGeorgian
JasdGerman
YasdGerman
YasdiGerman
YazdGerman
ΓιαζντGreek
યાઝ્ડGujarati
יזדHebrew
यज़्दHindi
JazdHungarian
YazdIndonesian
YazdIrish
IssatisItalian
YazdItalian
ヤズドJapanese
ಯಝ್ಡ್Kannada
ಯಸ್ದ್Kannada
یزدKashmiri
ÝezdKazakh
ЙездKazakh
ЯздKazakh
يەزدKazakh
야즈드Korean
YezdKurdish
یەزدKurdish
YazdLadino
IasdLatin
IasdiLatin
JezdaLatvian
JezdasLithuanian
ЈаздMacedonian
ЈездMacedonian
YazdMalagasy
YazdMalay
യാസ്ദ്Malayalam
YazdMaltese
HarataMaori
YazdMaori
यझ्डMarathi
याझदMarathi
یزدMazanderani
იაზდიMingrelian
JazdNorthern Frisian
YazdNorthern Frisian
YazdNorwegian
YazdNorwegian Bokmål
YazdOccitan (post 1500)
ࡉࡀࡆࡃOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
ЙездOssetian
YazdPersian
شهر بادگیرهاPersian
شهر دوچرخه‌هاPersian
شهر یزدPersian
يزدPersian
یزدPersian
JazdPolish
IasdePortuguese
YazdPortuguese
YazdRomanian
ЙездRussian
ЯздRussian
YazdScots
ЈаздSerbian
JazdSerbo-Croatian
JezdSerbo-Croatian
යස්ඩ්Sinhala
JazdSlovak
JezdSlovak
KathaSlovak
JazdSlovenian
YazdSlovenian
یزدSouth Azerbaijani
YazdSpanish
YazdSwedish
YasdSwiss German
YazdTagalog
JazdTajik
ЯздTajik
யாசுதுTamil
யாஸ்ட்Tamil
ЙәздTatar
ЯздTatar
యజ్ద్Telugu
แยซด์Thai
YezdTurkish
يەزدUighur
ЄздUkrainian
ЙєздUkrainian
ЯздUkrainian
یزدUrdu
یزد، ایرانUrdu
YazdUzbek
YazdVenetian
YazdVietnamese
YazdWaray (Philippines)
YazdWelsh
YazdWolof
亚兹德Wu Chinese

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