Bajestan

Bajestan
Persian: بجستان
City
Bajestan is located in Iran
Bajestan
Bajestan
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 34°31′04″N 58°11′04″E / 34.51778°N 58.18444°E / 34.51778; 58.18444
CountryIran
ProvinceRazavi Khorasan
CountyBajestan
DistrictCentral
Population
 (2016)
 • Total
11,741
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
ClimateBWk
Bajestan at GEOnet Names Server
Large outdoor crowd gathered in Bajestan, with a speaker on a raised platform and mountains visible in the background.
Public gathering in Bajestan, Iran, in 2012.

Bajestan (Persian: بجستان) is a city in the Central District of Bajestan County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 11,136 in 3,090 households, when it was capital of the former Bajestan District in Gonabad County. The following census in 2011 counted 11,133 people in 3,394 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Bajestan County. Bajestan was transferred to the new Central District as the county's capital. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 11,741 people in 3,768 households.

Overview

The most important products of Bajestan are saffron and pomegranate.

The city has a dry climate with significant difference between day and night temperatures. It is a fast-growing city, thus becoming one of the major centres in the south of Razavi Khorasan.

There are some historical places in Bajestan such as fakhrabad caravanserai ، ghasem abad caravanserai، zeinabad caravanserai، bajestan grand mosque ، yonsi Bridge ، marandiz mosque ، mazar mosque and castle and mazar monastery in various post Islamic era.

Bajestan salt desert is a natural scenery attracting tourism groups from adjacent cities ، but because this desert is a dried Salt Lake ، camping is not possible in winter and late autumn.

Notable people

Iranian Cleric Mahmoud Madani Bajistani [fa] is from here.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Also romanized as Bajestān and Bejestān; also known as Bījestān and Bījistān

References

  1. ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (28 October 2024). "میدان آزادی, شهرک شریعتی [Meydan-e Azadi, Shahrak-e Shariyati], Bajestan, بخش مرکزی شهرستان بجستان [Central District of Bajestan County], Bajestan County, Razavi Khorasan, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  2. ↑ "G59M+4Q8 Bajestan, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  3. 1 2 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان خراسان رضوی [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Razavi Khorasan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. ↑ Bajestan at GEOnet Names Server
  5. 1 2 Davoodi, Parviz (9 December 2007) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1386/09/18 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب‌نامه درخصوص اصلاحات تقسیمات کشوری در استان خراسان رضوی شهرستان گناباد [‌Approval letter regarding reforms of national divisions in Razavi Khorasan province, Gonabad County]. مرکز پژوهشهای مجلس شورای اسلامی ایران [Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. پیشنهاد شماره [Proposal No.] 93023/42/4/1. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  6. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان خراسان رضوی [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Razavi Khorasan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  7. ↑ Habibi, Hassan (12 September 1990) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1369.6.21 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ‌تصویب سازمان و سلسله تابعیت عناصر و واحدهای تقسیمات کشوی استان خراسان به مرکزیت شهر مشهد [‌Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the divisions of Khorasan province, centered in Mashhad]. مرکز پژوهشهای مجلس شورای اسلامی ایران [Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. 84902ت125ک [84902T125K]. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
  8. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان خراسان رضوی [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Razavi Khorasan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  9. ↑ Saffron studies
  10. 1 2 "جاذبه های گردشگری بجستان ، شهری با آثار باستانی فراوان". معرفی جاهای دیدنی ایران و جهان (in Persian). 5 July 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2022.