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Yazd
Yazd Province, Iran · Asia
About Yazd
Yazd sits on the route: 25 minutes from Taft.
Yazd is in Yazd Province, Iran, with about 480,000 people. The nearest town is Taft, about 20 km away.
Yazd (Persian: یزد; [jæzd] ) is a city in the Central District of Yazd County, Yazd province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. At the 2016 census, its population was 529,673. Since 2017, the historical city of Yazd is recognized as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
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generations of adaptations to its desert surroundings, Yazd is known for its Persian architecture. It is nicknamed the "City of Windcatchers" (شهر بادگیرها Shahr-e Badgirha) from its many examples. It is also very well known for its Zoroastrian fire temples, ab anbars (cisterns), qanats (underground channels), yakhchals (coolers), Persian handicrafts, handwoven cloth (Persian termeh), silk weaving, Persian cotton candy, and its time-honored confectioneries. Yazd is also known as City of Bicycles, because of its early adoption of cycling, and its boasting the highest number of bicycles per capita in Iran. It is reported that bicycle culture in Iran originated in Yazd as a result of contact with European visitors and tourists in the nineteenth century.
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Yazd is in Yazd Province, Iran, about 20 km from Taft.
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- Population
- 477,905
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Iran
- Region
- Yazd Province
- Timezone
- Asia/Tehran
- Coordinates
- 31.8972, 54.3675
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