Yazd

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Yazd is an ancient desert city in central Iran known for its well-preserved mud-brick architecture, Zoroastrian heritage, and historically significant Jewish community.

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Yazd canonical 22
city of Yazd 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
human settlement
administrativeDivision Yazd County
capitalOf Yazd Province
climate arid
climateClassification hot desert climate
continent Asia
coordinateLatitude 31.8972 N
coordinateLongitude 54.3675 E
country Iran
elevationAboveSeaLevel about 1216 meters
hasEthnicGroup Jews
Persians
Zoroastrians
linked to: Zoroastrianism
hasLandmark Alexander’s Prison (Zendan-e Eskandar)
Amir Chakhmaq Complex
Dowlat Abad Garden
Jameh Mosque of Yazd
Towers of Silence of Yazd
Yazd Water Museum
Zoroastrian Fire Temple of Yazd
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
historicalPeriod Islamic Golden Age
Sassanian Empire
linked to: Sasanian Empire

pre-Islamic Iran
knownFor Towers of Silence
linked to: Tower of Silence

Zoroastrian fire temples
Zoroastrian heritage
historic old town
historically significant Jewish community
mud-brick architecture
qanat system
windcatchers
language Persian
linked to: Persian language
localDialect Yazdi dialect of Persian
locatedIn Yazd Province
locatedInDesert Dasht-e Kavir
Lut Desert region
locatedInRegion central Iran
population over 500000
religion Islam
Judaism
Zoroastrianism
timeZone Iran Standard Time
traditionalArchitectureFeature adobe and mud-brick buildings
badgir (windcatcher)
traditionalInfrastructure qanat underground water channels
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteName The Historic City of Yazd
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 2017
UTCOffset +3:30
UTCOffsetDST +4:30
wasImportantOn Silk Road
linked to: Silk Road routes

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