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'''Quchan''' (also '''Quĉān''' and '''Quchan''') (Persian: Quĉān ) is an Iranian district in the northern part of [[Razavi Khorasan]] Province, in northeastern [[Iran]]. It is located due south of the border city of [[Ashgabat]]. |
'''Quchan''' (also '''Quĉān''' and '''Quchan''') (Persian: Quĉān ) is an Iranian district in the northern part of [[Razavi Khorasan]] Province, in northeastern [[Iran]]. It is located due south of the border city of [[Ashgabat]]. |
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==Population |
==Population== |
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As of 2005, Quchan was estimated to have a population of 105,352. |
As of 2005, Quchan was estimated to have a population of 105,352.{{cn}} |
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Quchan comprises of three main ethnic groups; [[Kurdish_People|Kurdish]], [[Persian_People|Persian]] and [[Turkic_peoples|Turkic]].{{cn}} |
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| ⚫ | Quchan (also Ghoochan and Quĉān) is in the north-east of [[Iran]] in [[Razavi Khorasan Province]] at an elevation 1,149 meters above sea level north of the Shah Jahan Mountains. It is located |
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Persians, Kurds, and Turk peoples live in Quchan. |
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==Geography== |
==Geography== |
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It is a mountainous region. |
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| ⚫ | Quchan (also Ghoochan and Quĉān) is in the north-east of [[Iran]] in [[Razavi Khorasan Province]] at an elevation of 1,149 meters above sea level north of the Shah Jahan Mountains. It is located south of the border with [[Turkmenistan]]. Quchan is connected by road to [[Mashhad]], 125km southeast and [[Turkmenistan]], 100km north.{{cn}} |
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Quchan has suffered from many earthquakes, and the town was relocated 13 east of the original town in 1895.{{fact}} |
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==Economy== |
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Grains and wine are among the district's produce.{{fact}} |
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==Notable people== |
==Notable people== |
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Revision as of 20:44, 11 June 2010
Quchan (also Quĉān and Quchan) (Persian: Quĉān ) is an Iranian district in the northern part of Razavi Khorasan Province, in northeastern Iran. It is located due south of the border city of Ashgabat.
Population
As of 2005, Quchan was estimated to have a population of 105,352.[citation needed]
Quchan comprises of three main ethnic groups; Kurdish, Persian and Turkic.[citation needed]
Geography
Quchan (also Ghoochan and Quĉān) is in the north-east of Iran in Razavi Khorasan Province at an elevation of 1,149 meters above sea level north of the Shah Jahan Mountains. It is located south of the border with Turkmenistan. Quchan is connected by road to Mashhad, 125km southeast and Turkmenistan, 100km north.[citation needed]
Quchan has suffered from many earthquakes, and the town was relocated 13 east of the original town in 1895.[citation needed]
Economy
Grains and wine are among the district's produce.[citation needed]
Notable people
History
A devastating earthquake in 1893 killed 10,000 residents in Quchan. The U.S. press reported on January 28, 1894 that, "The bodies of ten thousand victims of the awful disaster have already been recovered. Fifty thousand cattle were destroyed at the same time. The once important and beautiful city of twenty thousand people is now only a scene of death, desolation, and terror."[1]
References
- ^ Allen, Thomas Gaskell Jr (1894). Across Asia on a Bicycle (1903 ed.). New York: The Century Co. p. 110.
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37°06′N 58°30′E / 37.100°N 58.500°E
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