Bajgiran () is a city in, and the capital of,
Bajgiran District of
Quchan County,
Razavi Khorasan province,
Iran
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.
On the
Iran-Turkmenistan border, it is the site of an official crossing point into
Turkmenistan
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.
Demographics
Ethnicity
Most of its inhabitants are
Kormanj Kurds of the Sioukanlu tribe who migrated to this region from
eastern Turkey. Bajgiran is located in northwestern Khorasan, and the Kurmanj Kurds were relocated to northwestern Khorasan during the early
Safavid dynasty
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to prevent invasions by Turkmenistan and
Uzbekistan
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The common languages in the city are mostly Kurdish Kormanji and
Turkish and
Persian
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are a minority. The religion of all is The
Shiites
Shia Islam is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib () as both his political successor (caliph) and as the spiritual leader of the Muslim community (imam). However, his right is understood ...
of Twelve Imams.
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 753 in 217 households.
The following census in 2011 counted 406 people in 123 households.
The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 594 people in 188 households.
See also
Notes
References
Cities in Razavi Khorasan province
Populated places in Quchan County
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