Zahedan is the capital of Sistan and Baluchestan province in southeastern Iran, near the borders with Pakistan and Afghanistan in a region inhabited by Baloch people, about 41 kilometers from the point where the three countries meet. The 2016 census recorded 587,730 urban residents. First mentioned in 1849 under the name Duzdab, meaning water sink, the settlement was renamed Zahedan in 1929 during a visit by Reza Shah, after a medieval city called Zaidan, and it grew rapidly in the early twentieth century from a small village into the provincial administrative center. It has a hot arid climate with very low precipitation and extremely hot summers.
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1. Zahedan (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)Quote, P1082 (population)
population 587,730 (2016)
2. Zahedan (Wikipedia)
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Zahedan (Balochi and Persian: ; [zɒːheˈd̪ɒːn]) is a city in the Central District of Zahedan County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district.
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1352
- In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
View the Source3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 29.25, 60.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 29.25, 60.75
29.25 60.75 BWk
4. GeoNames: Zahedan - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1159301, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 1159301, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
29.4963 60.8629 P PPLA IR 04 551980 1380 Asia/Tehran
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