Bojnord
Bojnurd بجنورد | |
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Besh Qardash, on the ootskirts o Bojnord | |
Coordinates: 37°28′30″N 57°20′00″E / 37.47500°N 57.33333°E | |
Kintra | Iran |
Province | North Khorasan |
Coonty | Bojnord |
Bakhsh | Central |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Seyyed mojtaba alavimoghaddam |
Population (2006) | |
• Total | 172,772 |
Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3:30 (no observit) |
Bojnurd (Persie: بجنورد) is the caipital ceety o North Khorasan Province, Iran. It is aboot 701 km frae Tehran. At the 2006 census, its population wis 172,772, in 44,217 faimilies.[1] It is spelt Bojnūrd, Bujnūrd, Bojnoord, or Bujnurd an aw.[2][3]
The auncient ceety wis situatit on a hill northwast o the present ceety o Bojnurd, kent as Sarvan Mahaleh.
Maneh is a sma sector in the northwast o Bojnurd ceety.
The maist important veelage is Shirindarre which is a tourist aurie an in which rice is producit.
The ceety is quite famous for its multicultural backgrund. Mony fowk speak at least 2 different leids includin Persie, Tati, Khorasani Turkic, Kurmanci Kurdish, an Turkmen. Intermarriage atween said ethnic groups is common.
The ceety is famous for its Turkmen horse an profeesional horse trainin centers. Fowk frae aw ower the warld aften come ower tae visit these heichlichts.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Census o the Islamic Republic o Iran, 1385 (2006)". Islamic Republic o Iran. Archived frae the original (Excel) on 16 November 2010.
- ↑ "Maps, Weather, and Airports for Bojnurd, [[Iran]]". URL–wikilink conflict (help)
- ↑ Bojnord can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3056548" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
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