Mazdavand () is a city in, and the capital of,
Marzdaran District
Marzdaran District () is in Sarakhs County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran
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of
Sarakhs County
Sarakhs County () is in Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Sarakhs
Sarakhs () is a city in the Central District (Sarakhs County), Central District of Sarakhs County, Razavi Khorasan province, Razavi Khorasan pr ...
,
Razavi Khorasan province,
Iran
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.
It also serves as the administrative center for
Marzdaran Rural District
Marzdaran Rural District () is in Marzdaran District of Sarakhs County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran
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Mazdavand has an important strategic position and is considered as the entrance gate of Sarakhs. Near this village is Mazdavand Cave, which is of strategic importance.
Demographics
Language
Most of the people in this city speak
Persian
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* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
and some others
Baluchi and
Turkish
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* Something related to Turkey
** Turkish language
*** Turkish alphabet
** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
*** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey
*** Turkish communities in the former Ottoman Empire
* The w ...
.
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city population was 1,028 in 248 households.
The following census in 2011 counted 1,559 people in 292 households.
The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 1,241 people in 329 households.
See also
Notes
References
Cities in Razavi Khorasan province
Populated places in Sarakhs County
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