Quchan
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Quchan (; ) is a city in the Central District of Quchan County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. It is approximately 97 km south of the border city of Ashgabat, capital city of the neighboring country Turkmenistan.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Quchan
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- 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
- Central
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2016
- Settlement.population_total
- 101604
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- IRST
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +3:30
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- قوچان
- Country
- Iran
- Located in
- Central District
- Official language
- Persian
- Population
- 101604
- Elevation
- 1313
- Time zone
- UTC+03:30
- Body of water
- Atrek River
- Capital of
- Quchan County
- Official website
- www.quchan.net
- Image
- تصاوير قوچان 01.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0581
Show 5 more facts
- native label
- قوچان
- Commons category
- Quchan
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Quchan
- male population
- 51501
- female population
- 50103
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- History
- Ninth province
- City expansion
- Demographics
- Population
- Geography
- Location
- Climate
- Economy
- Education
- Notable people
- See also
- Notes
- References
Quchan (; ) is a city in the Central District of Quchan County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. It is approximately 97 km south of the border city of Ashgabat, capital city of the neighboring country Turkmenistan.
The city of Quchan has been considered in the past due to its historical location, including having 140 historical monuments and having 32 monuments registered in the list of national monuments and 20 attractive tourist areas. Nader Shah was assassinated on 20 June 1747, at Quchan in Khorasan.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Quchan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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