Quchan

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City in Razavi Khorasan province, Iran

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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.

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.

This city has trained famous scholars, mystics, thinkers, poets and heroes. Heroes such as Jafar Gholi Zangli and Noei khaboushani and Ahmad Vafadar who technically struck the heroes Abbas Zandi and Gholamreza Takhti and won the wrestling armband for three consecutive national championships.

History

Quchan city is located in 10 km of old Quchan and its distance to Mashhad is about 130 km and to Bajgiran (Iran-Turkmenistan border) 84 km and to the center of Turkmenistan (Ashgabat) is 118 km and has two important parts. The central part and the part of the tax collectors.

It is stated in the historical writings: Asak was the name of a city from the village or mountain of Khorasan, where Parth is called, and its founder was Ashk Aol. The oldest capital of the Parthians was in a place called Astaka or Areska in the present-day Qochan region, after the names of Asak and Areska, Stu and Stua were named. The residence of the Ashkani family was in Asak, and this name came from there and was changed to Ashak, Arshak, Ashk, and Ashkanian. In his inscription, Darius the Great connects Part Roza with Zarnka and Herat, and Sargarti, which was located in the Lut desert, with Gorgan.

The length of this province from west to east is 480 km, and its width is 200 km, and the main area of Part has an area of 96,000 square kilometers. This area is surrounded by three mountain ranges.Daman Kouh or the Akrad Mountains, whose range extends to the Khorezm desert, "in fact, the northern mountain chain", another Aladagh and Miraby in the middle, called Jagtai Mountains or Jovin Mountains, continue in the south.

Ashk declared his kingdom for the first time in the city of Asak and near the current Quchan. Nilsson writes twice that Andragoras, who was ruling Parthia before Antiochus II, was killed in this raisin, and apparently Arsasis was crowned king in a city called Asak, which was located near Quchan in the Etrak valley. Ho Feman has speculated that the eternal fire of the city of Asak in the Astaoin state, in the presence of which Arshak, the founder of the Parthian dynasty, ascended to the royal throne is the same as the fire of Azerbarzin Mehr, because the place of this fire was near the city of Asak during the Sasanian era.[8]

In the present Ostad (one of the districts of Qochan), which according to the narration of the local people, due to their handiwork and art by Khosrow Parviz, the name of Ostad was given to them, and Moghadisi in Hasan al-Taqasim also mentioned the mention of their handiwork. There is the name of Atashgah, which confirms the presence of many ashes, and a basic and comprehensive investigation should be done because it is possible that it is the same place as the famous Atashkada, which time has destroyed its traces.

Alferofen Gottschmid considers Astaune, which also includes the city of Quchan, as one of the eighteen satraps of the Ashkan period, and considers the current Khobushan as one of its cities. It was in this city that the Perti Arshak tribe was killed in 249 AD. M was elected king"

Since 1316, when the first law of national division was approved, Quchan was recognized as one of the seven provinces of Greater Khorasan along with the cities of Bojnourd, Birjand, Sabzevar, Gonabad, Mashhad and Torbat-e Heydarieh. Separated.{{Cite web|url=https://sdb.thmporg.ir/table/public?id=5e2eae11a03c83205cc1e222 |title= سازمان مدیریت و برنامه ریزی استان تهران |language=fa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214083959/https://sdb.thmporg.ir/table/public?id=5e2eae11a03c83205cc1e222 |archive-date=14 Feb 2022 |access-date=2022-02-14 |website=sdb.thmporg.ir}}

Ninth province

The ninth province was one of the 10 provinces of Iran, which was designated as the ninth province in January 1915, with the amendment of the law on the division of the country. This province included the cities of Quchan, Sabzevar, Gonabad, Bojnourd, Birjand, Torbat Heydariyeh and Mashhad (the capital of the province).

City expansion

In 1895, after the earthquake of the previous year, the current city was built 12 km from the old city with the help of Mohammad Nasser Khan Shoa al-Dowleh, the head of the Zafranlu tribe and Russian engineers. During the reign of Reza Shah, the silo building, the water source and the arch bridge (Atrak Bridge) were built by the Germans in Quchan.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 96,953 in 25,066 households. The following census in 2011 counted 103,760 people in 29,438 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 101,604 people in 30,099 households.

Geography

Location

Quchan 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, 125 km southeast and Turkmenistan, 100 km north.

Quchan has suffered from many earthquakes, and the town was relocated about 10 km east of the original town in 1895 following its destruction in another earthquake.

Climate

Quchan has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk).

| location = Ghoochan (1991-2020, extremes 1984-2020) | metric first = Y | single line = Y | width = auto | Jan record high C = 21.6 | Feb record high C = 25.9 | Mar record high C = 31.4 | Apr record high C = 31.9 | May record high C = 36.6 | Jun record high C = 39.0 | Jul record high C = 41.4 | Aug record high C = 38.8 | Sep record high C = 38.0 | Oct record high C = 34.2 | Nov record high C = 27.5 | Dec record high C = 25.2 | Jan high C = 5.8 | Feb high C = 7.9 | Mar high C = 13.2 | Apr high C = 19.6 | May high C = 24.8 | Jun high C = 30.1 | Jul high C = 32.1 | Aug high C = 31.3 | Sep high C = 27.8 | Oct high C = 21.4 | Nov high C = 13.3 | Dec high C = 8.2 | Jan mean C = -0.6 | Feb mean C = 1.3 | Mar mean C = 6.2 | Apr mean C = 11.9 | May mean C = 16.9 | Jun mean C = 21.8 | Jul mean C = 24.1 | Aug mean C = 22.6 | Sep mean C = 18.6 | Oct mean C = 12.5 | Nov mean C = 6.0 | Dec mean C = 1.5 | Jan low C = -5.6 | Feb low C = -3.6 | Mar low C = 0.5 | Apr low C = 5.4 | May low C = 9.2 | Jun low C = 12.7 | Jul low C = 14.7 | Aug low C = 13.0 | Sep low C = 9.5 | Oct low C = 4.8 | Nov low C = 0.2 | Dec low C = -3.5 | Jan record low C = −25.4 | Feb record low C = -24.0 | Mar record low C = −18.8 | Apr record low C = -10.9 | May record low C = -1.2 | Jun record low C = 3.4 | Jul record low C = 7.3 | Aug record low C = 3.2 | Sep record low C = -1.6 | Oct record low C = -7.4 | Nov record low C = −17.1 | Dec record low C = −24.8 | precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 32.7 | Feb precipitation mm = 43.6 | Mar precipitation mm = 61.0 | Apr precipitation mm = 53.4 | May precipitation mm = 40.8 | Jun precipitation mm = 11.2 | Jul precipitation mm = 3.4 | Aug precipitation mm = 2.1 | Sep precipitation mm = 4.0 | Oct precipitation mm = 14.0 | Nov precipitation mm = 31.3 | Dec precipitation mm = 26.8 | Jan precipitation days = 10.9 | Feb precipitation days = 11.2 | Mar precipitation days = 12.7 | Apr precipitation days = 11.6 | May precipitation days = 9.5 | Jun precipitation days = 3.7 | Jul precipitation days = 2.4 | Aug precipitation days = 1.3 | Sep precipitation days = 1.9 | Oct precipitation days = 4.0 | Nov precipitation days = 6.8 | Dec precipitation days = 8.6 | Jan snow days = 8.5 | Feb snow days = 8.4 | Mar snow days = 5.9 | Apr snow days = 1.0 | May snow days = 0.1 | Jun snow days = 0 | Jul snow days = 0 | Aug snow days = 0 | Sep snow days = 0 | Oct snow days = 0.1 | Nov snow days = 2.0 | Dec snow days = 5.3 | Jan humidity = 74 | Feb humidity = 73 | Mar humidity = 69 | Apr humidity = 63 | May humidity = 57 | Jun humidity = 43 | Jul humidity = 37 | Aug humidity = 36 | Sep humidity = 41 | Oct humidity = 52 | Nov humidity = 66 | Dec humidity = 74 | Jan dew point C =-4.5 | Feb dew point C =-2.9 | Mar dew point C =0.6 | Apr dew point C =4.6 | May dew point C =7.5 | Jun dew point C =7.6 | Jul dew point C =7.8 | Aug dew point C =5.7 | Sep dew point C =4.9 | Oct dew point C =2.0 | Nov dew point C =-0.2 | Dec dew point C =-2.6 | Jan sun =151 | Feb sun =154 | Mar sun =170 | Apr sun =213 | May sun =271 | Jun sun =332 | Jul sun =353 | Aug sun =347 | Sep sun =297 | Oct sun =249 | Nov sun =173 | Dec sun =148 | year sun = |source 1 = IRIMO(extremes 1984-2010, precipitation days and snow days){{cite web | url = http://www.chaharmahalmet.ir/iranarchive.asp | title = آمار 166 ايستگاه سينوپتيك كشور تا پایان سال 2010 میلادی + 37 ایستگاه تا پایان سال 2005 | access-date = 13 February 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160217102629/http://www.chaharmahalmet.ir/iranarchive.asp | archive-date = 17 February 2016 | url-status = dead |publisher = Iran Meteorological Organization

Economy

Factories and industrial areas

There are two industrial towns in Quchan city, the first town is located on Farooj road and the second town is located on Quchan-Mashhad highway.

In order to access the markets of Central Asian countries bordering Turkmenistan and close to the capital, the creation of a special economic zone in Quchan over the past few years was considered by officials and elites of Quchan. In a part of the industrial town, number two has been presented to the parliament after passing its legal process and is about to be established.

Education

Notable people

Notes

References

  2. The website about Quchan city

References

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  2. {{GEOnet3. -3080451
  3. Habibi, Hassan. (c. 2015). "Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the divisions of Khorasan province, centered in Mashhad". Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Council.
  4. (2003-11-12). "Former Iranian Wrestling Champion Dies at 69".
  5. "Freestyle wrestling - Abbas Zandi (Iran)".
  6. Iran, National Museum of Sport, Olympic and Paralympic Republic of. (August 2025). "World Champion Gholamreza Takhti".
  7. (2019-10-17). "جاهای دیدنی قوچان {{!}} راهنمای سفر قوچان + عکس و آدرس {{!}} مجله گردشگری و سفر ره بال آسمان".
  8. "Khorasan Razavi Province".
  9. (2016-01-17). "Quchan Earthquake of 17 January 1895, Ms 6.8".
  10. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Razavi Khorasan Province". The Statistical Center of Iran.
  11. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Razavi Khorasan Province". The Statistical Center of Iran.
  12. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Razavi Khorasan Province". The Statistical Center of Iran.
  13. Hollingsworth, J.. (2006). "Strike-slip faulting, rotation, and along-strike elongation in the Kopeh Dagh mountains, NE Iran". [[Royal Astronomical Society]].
  14. "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020: Quchan". [[NOAA]].
  15. (2015-12-22). "خبرگزاری صداوسیما {{!}} IRIB News".
  16. "Islamic Azad University, Quchan {{!}} Ranking & Review".

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