Esfarayen () is a city in the
Central District of
Esfarayen County
Esfarayen County () is in North Khorasan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Esfarayen.
History
In 2023, Bam and Safiabad District was separated from the county in the establishment of Bam and Safiabad County and renamed the Cen ...
,
North Khorasan province,
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
, serving as capital of both the county and the district.
Demographics
Ethnicity
The majority of the population is
Kurdish
Kurdish may refer to:
*Kurds or Kurdish people
*Kurdish language
** Northern Kurdish (Kurmanji)
**Central Kurdish (Sorani)
**Southern Kurdish
** Laki Kurdish
*Kurdish alphabets
*Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes:
**Southern ...
,
with a significant population of
Tats and
Khorasani Turks
Khorasani Turks (; Khorasani Turkic: خوراسان تؤرکلری) are a Turkic ethnic group inhabiting part of North Khorasan, Razavi Khorasan and Golestan provinces of Iran, as well as in the neighboring regions of Turkmenistan up to bey ...
.
The
Kurmanji
Kurmanji (, ), also termed Northern Kurdish, is the northernmost of the Kurdish languages, spoken predominantly in southeast Turkey, northwest and northeast Iran, northern Iraq, northern Syria and the Caucasus and Khorasan regions. It is the ...
-speaking
Kurds
Kurds (), or the Kurdish people, are an Iranian peoples, Iranic ethnic group from West Asia. They are indigenous to Kurdistan, which is a geographic region spanning southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northeastern Syri ...
constitute the majority of the population of the city of Esfarayen. According to Javadzadeh (2001), the people of Esfarayen are composed of 4 ethnic groups: the Tatas (Persians), the Turks of Khorasan, the Kurds of Kermanshah, and the Hazaras (Barbarians).
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 51,321 in 13,376 households.
The following census in 2011 counted 60,372 people in 17,049 households.
The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 59,490 people in 17,466 households.
Geography
Location
Esfarayen County neighbors
Sabzevar County
Sabzevar County () is in Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Sabzevar.
History
After the 2006 National Census, Joghatai, Joveyn, and Khoshab Districts were separated from the county in the establishment of three c ...
from the south and southeast, with
Faruj County
Faruj County () is in North Khorasan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Faruj.
History
After the 2006 National Census, the village of Titkanlu was elevated to the status of a city.
Demographics Population
At the 2006 census, the ...
from the northeast,
Shirvan County from the north and with
Bojnord County from the west, and is located in the southern margin of the Aladagh Mountains along the eastern stretch of the Alborz mountain range. The altitude of Esfarayen is 1,260 meters above sea level.
Education
Esfarayen is a university city in northeastern Iran, and in recent years, with the establishment of several universities, the student population of this city has grown.
Esfarayen Higher Education Complex
Esfarayen University of Technology
Islamic Azad University of Esfarayen
Esfarayen University of Medical Sciences
See also
Notes
References
Sources
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Cities in North Khorasan province
Populated places in Esfarayen County
Nishapur Quarter
Kurdish settlements in Iran
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