Bajgiran

Bajgiran () is a city in, and the capital of, Bajgiran District in Quchan County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. On the Iran-Turkmenistan border, it is the site of an official crossing point into Turkmenistan.

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Settlement.name: Bajgiran
Settlement.native_name_lang: fa
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.mapframe: yes
Settlement.mapframe zoom: 12
Settlement.pushpin_map: Iran
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Iran
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Razavi Khorasan
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Quchan
Settlement.subdivision_type3: District
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Bajgiran
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.population_as_of: 2016
Settlement.population_total: 594
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto

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Population: 594

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male population: 305
female population: 289

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is a city in, and the capital of, Bajgiran District in Quchan County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. On the Iran-Turkmenistan border, it is the site of an official crossing point into Turkmenistan.

==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 to prevent invasions by Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The common languages in the city are mostly Kurdish Kormanji and Turkish and Persian are a minority. The religion of all is The Shiites of Twelve Imams.