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href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahidan" title="Zahidan – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Zahidan" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86" title="زاهیدان – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="زاهیدان" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%A8" title="জহেদন – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="জহেদন" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahedan" title="Zahedan – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Zahedan" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Захедан – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Захедан" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Захедан – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Захедан" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahedan" title="Zahedan – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Zahedan" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahedan" title="Zahedan – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Zahedan" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%A1hed%C3%A1n" title="Záhedán – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Záhedán" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahedan" title="Zahedan – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Zahedan" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahedan" title="Zahedan – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="Zahedan" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahedan" title="Zahedan – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Zahedan" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%96%CE%B1%CF%87%CE%B5%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%AC%CE%BD" title="Ζαχεντάν – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ζαχεντάν" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahed%C3%A1n" title="Zahedán – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Zahedán" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahedano" title="Zahedano – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Zahedano" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahedan" title="Zahedan – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Zahedan" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86" title="زاهدان – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="زاهدان" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahedan" title="Zahedan – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Zahedan" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9E%90%ED%97%A4%EB%8B%A8" title="자헤단 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="자헤단" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B6%D5%A1%D5%B0%D5%A5%D5%A4%D5%A1%D5%B6" title="Զահեդան – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Զահեդան" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8" title="ज़ाहेदान – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="ज़ाहेदान" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahedan" title="Zahedan – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Zahedan" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahedan" title="Zahedan – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Zahedan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Захедан – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Захедан" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahedan" title="Zahedan – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Zahedan" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%96%D7%90%D7%94%D7%93%D7%90%D7%9F" title="זאהדאן – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="זאהדאן" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%96%E1%83%90%E1%83%B0%E1%83%94%E1%83%93%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="ზაჰედანი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ზაჰედანი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahedan" title="Zahedan – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Zahedan" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C4%81hed%C4%81na" title="Zāhedāna – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Zāhedāna" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahedanas" title="Zahedanas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Zahedanas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%A1hed%C3%A1n" title="Záhedán – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Záhedán" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahedan" title="Zahedan – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Zahedan" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mi mw-list-item"><a href="https://mi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haherane" title="Haherane – Māori" lang="mi" hreflang="mi" data-title="Haherane" data-language-autonym="Māori" data-language-local-name="Māori" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Māori</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%96%E1%83%90%E1%83%B0%E1%83%94%E1%83%93%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="ზაჰედანი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ზაჰედანი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86" title="زاهدان – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="زاهدان" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86" title="زاهدان – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="زاهدان" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahedan" title="Zahedan – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Zahedan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahedan" title="Zahedan – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Zahedan" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B6%E3%83%BC%E3%83%98%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3" title="ザーヘダーン – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ザーヘダーン" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" 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.ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Zahedan</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native"><span title="Balochi-language text"><span lang="bal" dir="rtl">زاهدان</span></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category">City</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Zahedan.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Makki Mosque in Zahedan"><img alt="Makki Mosque in Zahedan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Zahedan.jpg/250px-Zahedan.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Zahedan.jpg/375px-Zahedan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Zahedan.jpg/500px-Zahedan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="770" data-file-height="538" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Makki Mosque in Zahedan</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Zahedan.Municipality.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Official seal of Zahedan"><img alt="Official seal of Zahedan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/da/Zahedan.Municipality.svg/100px-Zahedan.Municipality.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/da/Zahedan.Municipality.svg/150px-Zahedan.Municipality.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/da/Zahedan.Municipality.svg/200px-Zahedan.Municipality.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="323" data-file-height="309" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Seal</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output 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div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Iran_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Zahedan is located in Iran"><img alt="Zahedan is located in Iran" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Iran_location_map.svg/250px-Iran_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="223" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Iran_location_map.svg/375px-Iran_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Iran_location_map.svg/500px-Iran_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1071" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:67.726%;left:84.663%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Zahedan"><img alt="Zahedan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">29°30′09″N</span> <span class="longitude">60°51′21″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">29.50250°N 60.85583°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">29.50250; 60.85583</span></span></span></a></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Iran" title="Provinces of Iran">Province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sistan_and_Baluchestan_province" title="Sistan and Baluchestan province">Sistan and Baluchestan</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Iran" title="Counties of Iran">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Zahedan_County" title="Zahedan County">Zahedan</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Bakhsh" title="Bakhsh">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Central_District_(Zahedan_County)" title="Central District (Zahedan County)">Central</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data">Mohammad Amir Barahuyi<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,352 m (4,436 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2016)<sup id="cite_ref-2016_census_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2016_census-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">Urban</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">587,730</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B3:30" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+3:30">UTC+3:30</a> (<a href="/wiki/Iran_Standard_Time" title="Iran Standard Time">IRST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">+98-54</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Climate</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Desert_climate#Hot_desert_climates" title="Desert climate">BWh</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://zahedan.ir/">zahedan<wbr />.ir</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Zahedan</b> (<a href="/wiki/Balochi_language" title="Balochi language">Balochi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: <i lang="fa" dir="rtl"><span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt 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noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:Fa-Zahedan.ogg" title="File:Fa-Zahedan.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span></i>; <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="fa-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Persian" title="Help:IPA/Persian">[zɒːheˈd̪ɒːn]</a></span>)<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a city in the <a href="/wiki/Central_District_(Zahedan_County)" title="Central District (Zahedan County)">Central District</a> of <a href="/wiki/Zahedan_County" title="Zahedan County">Zahedan County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sistan_and_Baluchestan_province" title="Sistan and Baluchestan province">Sistan and Baluchestan</a> province, <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> and serves as capital of the province, the county, and the district.<sup id="cite_ref-Sistan_and_Baluchestan_Structure_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sistan_and_Baluchestan_Structure-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is near the Iran-Pakistan border. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zahedan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The original name of the city was Duzzap (Persian: <i>Duzdab</i>, meaning "Water Stolen"), which it had received due to the abrupt floods into the valley. The name was later changed to Zahedan (Persian for "hermits") during <a href="/wiki/Reza_Shah" title="Reza Shah">Reza Shah</a>'s visit in 1929.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDudoignon2017119_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDudoignon2017119-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zahedan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Makki_Mosque_in_Zahedan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Makki_Mosque_in_Zahedan.jpg/220px-Makki_Mosque_in_Zahedan.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Makki_Mosque_in_Zahedan.jpg/330px-Makki_Mosque_in_Zahedan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Makki_Mosque_in_Zahedan.jpg/440px-Makki_Mosque_in_Zahedan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="1280" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Makki_Mosque" class="mw-redirect" title="Makki Mosque">Makki Mosque</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ali_Ibn_Abi_Talib_(AS)_Mosque.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Ali_Ibn_Abi_Talib_%28AS%29_Mosque.jpg/220px-Ali_Ibn_Abi_Talib_%28AS%29_Mosque.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="367" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Ali_Ibn_Abi_Talib_%28AS%29_Mosque.jpg/330px-Ali_Ibn_Abi_Talib_%28AS%29_Mosque.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Ali_Ibn_Abi_Talib_%28AS%29_Mosque.jpg/440px-Ali_Ibn_Abi_Talib_%28AS%29_Mosque.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="2560" /></a><figcaption>Ali Ibn Abi Talib Mosque</figcaption></figure> <p>Mention of Zahedan first appears in sources in August 1849. However, the city first truly started to grow during the early 20th-century.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDudoignon2017118–119_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDudoignon2017118–119-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> it became the westernmost terminal of the <a href="/wiki/Zahedan_railway_station" title="Zahedan railway station">Zahedan railway station</a>, which reached as far as <a href="/wiki/Quetta" title="Quetta">Quetta</a> in the northern part of what was then <a href="/wiki/Baluchistan_(Chief_Commissioner%27s_Province)" title="Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province)">British Baluchistan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBosworth2002387_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBosworth2002387-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city was the site of <a href="/wiki/2022_Zahedan_massacre" title="2022 Zahedan massacre">a deadly crackdown</a> in October 2022, with dozens citizens killed by pro-governmental forces.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over 90 people were killed.<sup id="cite_ref-Fresh_clashes_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fresh_clashes-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two senior police officials were fired in the aftermath of the crackdown.<sup id="cite_ref-Fresh_clashes_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fresh_clashes-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 28 October, there were protests in Zahedan and security forces fired on protestors, killing 98 and injuring 14.<sup id="cite_ref-Fresh_clashes_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fresh_clashes-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 3 November 2022, the Shi'i cleric and Khamenei loyalist <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sajjad_Shahraki&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sajjad Shahraki (page does not exist)">Sajjad Shahraki</a> was assassinated in Zahedan.<sup id="cite_ref-Daragahi_2022_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Daragahi_2022-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Cleric_killed_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cleric_killed-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next day, there were widespread protests in the city; <a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Guards" class="mw-redirect" title="Revolutionary Guards">Revolutionary Guards</a> and other armed forces fired on protestors.<sup id="cite_ref-Daragahi_2022_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Daragahi_2022-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zahedan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Population">Population</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zahedan&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While the surrounding area boasts numerous ancient sites, Zahedan itself primarily developed in the 20th century. It transitioned from a small village to the provincial administrative center in the 1930s. Its population reached 17,500 by 1956 and increased more than fivefold to 93,000 by 1976. After 1980, large numbers of refugees fleeing the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_invasion_of_Afghanistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet invasion of Afghanistan">Soviet invasion of Afghanistan</a> helped triple the population of Zahedan to more than 281,000 by 1986, a number which has since doubled again.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 552,706 in 109,488 households.<sup id="cite_ref-2006_census_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2006_census-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following census in 2011 counted 560,725 people in 134,088 households.<sup id="cite_ref-2011_census_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2011_census-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 587,730 people in 146,717 households.<sup id="cite_ref-2016_census_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2016_census-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zahedan&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Iran" title="Geography of Iran">Geography of Iran</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Location">Location</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zahedan&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Location"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Zahedan is connected by rail to nearby Pakistan and is near to <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>. It is about 41 km (25 mi) south of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_tripoints" title="List of tripoints">tripoint</a> of the three countries and at an altitude of 1,352 m (4,436 ft) above sea level and 1,605 km (997 mi) from the Iranian capital of <a href="/wiki/Tehran" title="Tehran">Tehran</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Municipality_Building.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Municipality_Building.jpg/220px-Municipality_Building.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Municipality_Building.jpg/330px-Municipality_Building.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Municipality_Building.jpg/440px-Municipality_Building.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Zahedan Municipality</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zahedan&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Zahedan has a <a href="/wiki/Hot_desert_climate" class="mw-redirect" title="Hot desert climate">hot desert climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen</a>: <i>BWh</i>, <a href="/wiki/Trewartha_climate_classification" title="Trewartha climate classification">Trewartha</a>: <i>BW</i>). Precipitation is very low, and mostly falls in winter. </p><p>Zahedan experiences very hot summers, there are 84.7 days per year with maximum temperature above 35 °C (95 °F), of which 7 days have a daily maximum above 40 °C (104 °F).. Winters are quite cold with minimum temperatures below 0 °C (32 °F) for 43.7 days annually. Zahedan also experiences 81.3 days a year with <a href="/wiki/Haze" title="Haze">haze</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ncei_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ncei-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Zahedan (1991-2020, extremes 1961-present) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.0<br />(80.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF5000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.8<br />(85.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF3000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.5<br />(94.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF1C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.4<br />(99.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF0300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">41.0<br />(105.8) </td> <td style="background: #E40000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">43.4<br />(110.1) </td> <td style="background: #EA0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">43.0<br />(109.4) </td> <td style="background: #E70000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">43.2<br />(109.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF0300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">41.0<br />(105.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF2300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.4<br />(97.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF3D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.6<br />(90.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.6<br />(83.5) </td> <td style="background: #E40000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">43.4<br />(110.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFB871; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.8<br />(58.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFA449; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.7<br />(63.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF8308; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.4<br />(72.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF5A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.4<br />(83.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF3900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.1<br />(91.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF2300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.4<br />(97.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF1C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.4<br />(99.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.0<br />(96.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF3B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.9<br />(91.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF5B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.2<br />(82.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF870F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.9<br />(71.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFA851; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.1<br />(62.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6200; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">27.2<br />(80.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFEAD5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.5<br />(45.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFD5AC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.5<br />(50.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFB46A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.3<br />(59.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF8C1A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.1<br />(70.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF6B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.9<br />(78.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF5400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.2<br />(84.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF4D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.3<br />(86.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF5B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.2<br />(82.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.0<br />(75.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B38; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.9<br />(66.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFC489; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.0<br />(55.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFE2C6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.6<br />(47.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF9831; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">19.4<br />(66.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #EBEBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.8<br />(33.4) </td> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.7<br />(38.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFE4C9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.4<br />(47.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFC387; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.2<br />(55.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFA54B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.5<br />(63.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF942A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.9<br />(67.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF8E1E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.8<br />(69.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFA143; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.1<br />(64.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFBF80; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.7<br />(56.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.6<br />(49.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFFCF9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.9<br />(40.8) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.0<br />(33.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A5; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">11.0<br />(51.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #6F6FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−22.0<br />(−7.6) </td> <td style="background: #9B9BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−14.0<br />(6.8) </td> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−7.0<br />(19.4) </td> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.0<br />(30.2) </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.4<br />(34.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFD3A8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.8<br />(51.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.0<br />(53.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.0<br />(46.4) </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.0<br />(35.6) </td> <td style="background: #D1D1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−4.0<br />(24.8) </td> <td style="background: #ABABFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−11.0<br />(12.2) </td> <td style="background: #9090FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−16.0<br />(3.2) </td> <td style="background: #6F6FFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−22.0<br />(−7.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #E6FFE6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.5<br />(0.65) </td> <td style="background: #EAFFEA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.4<br />(0.49) </td> <td style="background: #EAFFEA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.9<br />(0.55) </td> <td style="background: #F1FFF1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.6<br />(0.34) </td> <td style="background: #F9FFF9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.6<br />(0.14) </td> <td style="background: #FDFFFD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.2<br />(0.05) </td> <td style="background: #FDFFFD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.0<br />(0.04) </td> <td style="background: #FEFFFE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.2<br />(0.01) </td> <td style="background: #FEFFFE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1<br />(0.00) </td> <td style="background: #F9FFF9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.0<br />(0.16) </td> <td style="background: #F8FFF8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.9<br />(0.15) </td> <td style="background: #ECFFEC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.5<br />(0.49) </td> <td style="background: #F5FFF5; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">77.9<br />(3.07) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1.0 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #DDDDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.7 </td> <td style="background: #E2E2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.1 </td> <td style="background: #E0E0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.5 </td> <td style="background: #E8E8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.8 </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1 </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.2 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1 </td> <td style="background: #F8F8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.5 </td> <td style="background: #F4F4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.8 </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.3 </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">13.1 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowy days </th> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.7 </td> <td style="background: #F9F9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.4 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.3 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1.5 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #4747FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">48 </td> <td style="background: #5A5AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">43 </td> <td style="background: #7171FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37 </td> <td style="background: #9393FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28 </td> <td style="background: #AEAEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21 </td> <td style="background: #C1C1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16 </td> <td style="background: #C1C1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16 </td> <td style="background: #C1C1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16 </td> <td style="background: #BDBDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17 </td> <td style="background: #9F9FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25 </td> <td style="background: #7979FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35 </td> <td style="background: #5E5EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">42 </td> <td style="background: #9090FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">29 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Dew_point" title="Dew point">dew point</a> °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #CDCDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−4.6<br />(23.7) </td> <td style="background: #D3D3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.5<br />(25.7) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.0<br />(28.4) </td> <td style="background: #E4E4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.4<br />(31.3) </td> <td style="background: #E7E7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.2<br />(32.4) </td> <td style="background: #E4E4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.4<br />(31.3) </td> <td style="background: #EBEBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.8<br />(33.4) </td> <td style="background: #DFDFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.3<br />(29.7) </td> <td style="background: #D1D1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.9<br />(25.0) </td> <td style="background: #D3D3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.5<br />(25.7) </td> <td style="background: #D0D0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−4.1<br />(24.6) </td> <td style="background: #C7C7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−5.7<br />(21.7) </td> <td style="background: #D9D9FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−2.4<br />(27.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #DEDE00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">231 </td> <td style="background: #E1E100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">221 </td> <td style="background: #E0E000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">240 </td> <td style="background: #E9E900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">267 </td> <td style="background: #F0F00F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">307 </td> <td style="background: #F7F721; color:#000000;" class="notheme">329 </td> <td style="background: #F8F823; color:#000000;" class="notheme">344 </td> <td style="background: #F8F822; color:#000000;" class="notheme">342 </td> <td style="background: #F4F41A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">316 </td> <td style="background: #EEEE0A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">298 </td> <td style="background: #E7E700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">262 </td> <td style="background: #DEDE00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">229 </td> <td style="background: #EBEB04; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">3,386 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily <a href="/wiki/Daytime" title="Daytime">daylight hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #F5F51C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.5 </td> <td style="background: #FAFA28; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.2 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF35; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF45; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.9 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF51; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.6 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF58; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF55; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.8 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF4A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.2 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF3B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.3 </td> <td style="background: #FCFC2D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.5 </td> <td style="background: #F6F61F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.7 </td> <td style="background: #F4F418; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.3 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF39; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">12.2 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Ultraviolet_index" title="Ultraviolet index">ultraviolet index</a> </th> <td style="background: #FFF300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4 </td> <td style="background: #F18B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6 </td> <td style="background: #E53210; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">9 </td> <td style="background: #A45693; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">11 </td> <td style="background: #A45693; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12 </td> <td style="background: #A45693; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12 </td> <td style="background: #A45693; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12 </td> <td style="background: #A45693; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12 </td> <td style="background: #E53210; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">10 </td> <td style="background: #E53210; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">8 </td> <td style="background: #FFF300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5 </td> <td style="background: #FFF300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4 </td> <td style="background: #E53210; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">9 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: <a href="/wiki/NCEI" class="mw-redirect" title="NCEI">NOAA NCEI</a><sup id="cite_ref-ncei_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ncei-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>(1961–1990 extremes)<sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: Weather atlas<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Zahedan (1955-2010) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.0<br />(80.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF5000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.8<br />(85.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.0<br />(93.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.0<br />(100.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF0300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">41.0<br />(105.8) </td> <td style="background: #EA0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">43.0<br />(109.4) </td> <td style="background: #EA0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">43.0<br />(109.4) </td> <td style="background: #EA0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">43.0<br />(109.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF0300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">41.0<br />(105.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.0<br />(100.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.0<br />(87.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.0<br />(82.4) </td> <td style="background: #EA0000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">43.0<br />(109.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFBB77; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.3<br />(57.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.0<br />(62.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF870F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.9<br />(71.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.7<br />(81.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF3E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.5<br />(90.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF2400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.2<br />(97.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF1F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.0<br />(98.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF2700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.8<br />(96.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF3E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.5<br />(90.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF5E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.8<br />(82.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF8710; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.8<br />(71.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFAA56; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.7<br />(62.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF6500; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">26.8<br />(80.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFECD9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.2<br />(45.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFD7B0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.2<br />(50.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFB66E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.0<br />(59.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF9327; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.1<br />(68.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF7500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.5<br />(76.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF6000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.5<br />(81.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF5800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.6<br />(83.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.6<br />(79.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF8104; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.7<br />(72.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFA042; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.2<br />(64.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.8<br />(55.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFE1C3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.8<br />(47.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF9E3E; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">18.5<br />(65.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #E7E7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.2<br />(32.4) </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.1<br />(37.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFE7D0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.9<br />(46.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFC892; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.4<br />(54.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFAD5C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.3<br />(61.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B38; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.9<br />(66.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF9429; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.0<br />(68.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFA54B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.5<br />(63.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.9<br />(55.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFE3C7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.5<br />(47.3) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.8<br />(38.8) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.0<br />(33.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFD7B0; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">10.2<br />(50.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #6F6FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−22<br />(−8) </td> <td style="background: #9B9BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−14<br />(7) </td> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−7<br />(19) </td> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1<br />(30) </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.4<br />(34.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFD3A8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.8<br />(51.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.0<br />(51.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.0<br />(46.4) </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.0<br />(35.6) </td> <td style="background: #D1D1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−4<br />(25) </td> <td style="background: #ABABFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−11<br />(12) </td> <td style="background: #9090FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−16<br />(3) </td> <td style="background: #6F6FFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−22<br />(−8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #DFFFDF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.1<br />(0.83) </td> <td style="background: #E2FFE2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.3<br />(0.68) </td> <td style="background: #E7FFE7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.7<br />(0.62) </td> <td style="background: #EEFFEE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.6<br />(0.42) </td> <td style="background: #F8FFF8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.5<br />(0.18) </td> <td style="background: #FDFFFD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.8<br />(0.03) </td> <td style="background: #FDFFFD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.3<br />(0.05) </td> <td style="background: #FEFFFE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.5<br />(0.02) </td> <td style="background: #FEFFFE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1<br />(0.00) </td> <td style="background: #FBFFFB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.2<br />(0.09) </td> <td style="background: #F8FFF8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.0<br />(0.16) </td> <td style="background: #EEFFEE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.2<br />(0.44) </td> <td style="background: #F3FFF3; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">89.3<br />(3.52) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainy days </th> <td style="background: #C1C1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.0 </td> <td style="background: #C4C4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.3 </td> <td style="background: #C1C1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.0 </td> <td style="background: #CCCCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.0 </td> <td style="background: #DEDEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.6 </td> <td style="background: #F8F8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.5 </td> <td style="background: #F8F8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.5 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1 </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.2 </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.0 </td> <td style="background: #EBEBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.5 </td> <td style="background: #DDDDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.7 </td> <td style="background: #E2E2FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">27.4 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowy days </th> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.6 </td> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.3 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.3 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1.3 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #3030FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">54 </td> <td style="background: #4B4BFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">47 </td> <td style="background: #6666FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">40 </td> <td style="background: #8484FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32 </td> <td style="background: #9B9BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26 </td> <td style="background: #AEAEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21 </td> <td style="background: #AEAEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21 </td> <td style="background: #AEAEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21 </td> <td style="background: #AAAAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22 </td> <td style="background: #9090FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29 </td> <td style="background: #6D6DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38 </td> <td style="background: #4747FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">48 </td> <td style="background: #8080FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">33 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #DBDB00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">215.1 </td> <td style="background: #DEDE00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">209.2 </td> <td style="background: #DDDD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">224.9 </td> <td style="background: #E5E500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">251.6 </td> <td style="background: #EFEF0D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">304.5 </td> <td style="background: #F4F41A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">316.8 </td> <td style="background: #F5F51C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">330.7 </td> <td style="background: #F6F61E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">333.8 </td> <td style="background: #F2F215; color:#000000;" class="notheme">308.1 </td> <td style="background: #EDED08; color:#000000;" class="notheme">294.0 </td> <td style="background: #E5E500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">252.9 </td> <td style="background: #DBDB00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">217.3 </td> <td style="background: #E9E900; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">3,258.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: NOAA (1961–1990)<sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zahedan&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Iran" title="Economy of Iran">Economy of Iran</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zahedan&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">March 2014</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Zahedan is the main economic center of the region and home to many small- and medium-scale industries. Its main products include cotton textiles, woven and hand-knotted rugs, ceramics, processed foods, livestock feed, processed hides, milled rice, brick, reed mats and baskets. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Street_view_fountain.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Street_view_fountain.jpg/220px-Street_view_fountain.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Street_view_fountain.jpg/330px-Street_view_fountain.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Street_view_fountain.jpg/440px-Street_view_fountain.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Street view, Zahedan</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zahedan&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Iran" title="Transport in Iran">Transport in Iran</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Zahedan_Railway_Station.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Zahedan_Railway_Station.jpg/220px-Zahedan_Railway_Station.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Zahedan_Railway_Station.jpg/330px-Zahedan_Railway_Station.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Zahedan_Railway_Station.jpg/440px-Zahedan_Railway_Station.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Zahedan_railway_station" title="Zahedan railway station">Zahedan railway station</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Zahedan is served by <a href="/wiki/Zahedan_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Zahedan International Airport">Zahedan International Airport</a>. </p><p>Highway <a href="/wiki/Road_95_(Iran)" title="Road 95 (Iran)">95</a> links Zahedan to <a href="/wiki/Tehran" title="Tehran">Tehran</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mashhad" title="Mashhad">Mashhad</a> in the north and the port of <a href="/wiki/Chabahar" title="Chabahar">Bandar Chabahar</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Oman" class="mw-redirect" title="Sea of Oman">Sea of Oman</a> in the south, and Highway <a href="/wiki/Road_84_(Iran)" title="Road 84 (Iran)">84</a> to the Pakistani city of <a href="/wiki/Quetta" title="Quetta">Quetta</a> in the east and to <a href="/wiki/Kerman" title="Kerman">Kerman</a> in the west. </p><p>For decades the <a href="/wiki/5_ft_6_in_gauge_railway" title="5 ft 6 in gauge railway"><span class="nowrap">5 ft 6 in</span></a> (<span class="nowrap">1,676 mm</span>) <a href="/wiki/Broad_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Broad gauge">broad gauge</a> (Indian subcontinent system) railway exists from <a href="/wiki/Zahedan_railway_station" title="Zahedan railway station">Zahedan station</a> to/from <a href="/wiki/Quetta_railway_station" title="Quetta railway station">Quetta's station</a> in Pakistan, the <a href="/wiki/Quetta%E2%80%93Taftan_Railway_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Quetta–Taftan Railway Line">Quetta–Taftan Railway Line</a>. Beyond this, west, a <a href="/wiki/Standard_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard gauge">standard gauge</a> line was completed from Zahedan to <a href="/wiki/Kerman" title="Kerman">Kerman</a> linking the city with the rest of the Iranian rail network.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This flowed from a 18 May 2007 <a href="/wiki/Memorandum_of_Understanding" class="mw-redirect" title="Memorandum of Understanding">MOU</a> for rail co-operation (of Pakistan and Iran) under which the line was to be completed by December 2008.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> It was completed with an opening ceremony on 19 June 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This means that Zahedan hosts the <a href="/wiki/Break_of_gauge" title="Break of gauge">break of gauge</a> between the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Railways" title="Islamic Republic of Iran Railways">Islamic Republic of Iran Railway</a>'s standard gauge tracks of the <a href="/wiki/Trans-Iranian_Railway" title="Trans-Iranian Railway">Trans-Iranian Railway</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Railways" title="Pakistan Railways">Pakistan Railway</a>'s broad gauge aforementioned. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chabahar–Zahedan_railway"><span id="Chabahar.E2.80.93Zahedan_railway"></span>Chabahar–Zahedan railway</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zahedan&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Chabahar–Zahedan railway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Iran_railway_en.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Iran_railway_en.png/300px-Iran_railway_en.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="274" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Iran_railway_en.png/450px-Iran_railway_en.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Iran_railway_en.png/600px-Iran_railway_en.png 2x" data-file-width="1142" data-file-height="1042" /></a><figcaption>Existing Iran railway network in 2015, Zahedan–Bam–Mirjaveh railway is already complete and operational</figcaption></figure> <p>In May 2016, during Indian Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a>'s trip to Iran, agreement was signed to develop two terminals and five berths at <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Chabahar" class="mw-redirect" title="Port of Chabahar">Port of Chabahar</a> and to build a new railway between <a href="/wiki/Chabahar" title="Chabahar">Chabahar</a> and Zahedan, as part of <a href="/wiki/North%E2%80%93South_Transport_Corridor" class="mw-redirect" title="North–South Transport Corridor">North–South Transport Corridor</a>, by <a href="/wiki/Indian_Railways" title="Indian Railways">Indian Railways</a>'s public sector unit <a href="/wiki/Ircon_International" title="Ircon International">Ircon International</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FP1_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FP1-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This proposal is under study and consideration, a via Kerman connection to the port of Chabahar.<sup id="cite_ref-FP1_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FP1-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2016, India began shipping US$150 million of tracks to Chabahar<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to build the US$1.6 billion line, for which India pledged additional US$400 million and Iran has also allocated US$125 million in December 2016, thus taking the total allocation to US$575 million (out of US$1.6 billion needed) by the end of 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zahedan&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Sport_in_Iran" title="Sport in Iran">Sport in Iran</a></div> <p>In April 2008 the 70 billion IRR (about 2.5 million <a href="/wiki/USD" class="mw-redirect" title="USD">USD</a>) <a href="/wiki/Zahedan_Stadium" title="Zahedan Stadium">Zahedan Stadium</a> was built with a seating capacity of 15,000 people. It was inaugurated on 18 April 2008 with a friendly football game between <i>Honarmandan</i> (Artists) and a local team. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zahedan&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:University_of_Sistan_and_Baluchestan.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/University_of_Sistan_and_Baluchestan.JPG/250px-University_of_Sistan_and_Baluchestan.JPG" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/University_of_Sistan_and_Baluchestan.JPG/375px-University_of_Sistan_and_Baluchestan.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/University_of_Sistan_and_Baluchestan.JPG/500px-University_of_Sistan_and_Baluchestan.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1772" data-file-height="1181" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/University_of_Sistan_and_Baluchestan" title="University of Sistan and Baluchestan">University of Sistan and Baluchestan</a>'s Amphitheater in Zahedan.</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Education_in_Iran" title="Education in Iran">Education in Iran</a></div> <p>Zahedan is the home of the Islamic Azad University of Zahedan,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Zahedan_University_of_Medical_Sciences" title="Zahedan University of Medical Sciences">Zahedan University of Medical Sciences</a><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Sistan_and_Baluchestan" title="University of Sistan and Baluchestan">University of Sistan and Baluchestan</a>. Besides, the largest Sunni seminary, <a href="/wiki/Jamiah_Darul_Uloom_Zahedan" title="Jamiah Darul Uloom Zahedan">Darululoom Zahedan</a>, is located in Zahedan. There are some other religious Sunni schools in the city and the vicinity. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zahedan&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Jorjandi" title="Mohammad Jorjandi">Mohammad Jorjandi</a>, cybercrime expert</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zahedan&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2007_Zahedan_bombings" title="2007 Zahedan bombings">2007 Zahedan bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Zahedan_bombings" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 Zahedan bombings">2009 Zahedan bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2010_Zahedan_bombings" class="mw-redirect" title="July 2010 Zahedan bombings">July 2010 Zahedan bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Khash%E2%80%93Zahedan_suicide_bombing" title="2019 Khash–Zahedan suicide bombing">2019 Khash–Zahedan suicide bombing</a></li></ul> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg/16px-Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg/24px-Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg/32px-Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="193" data-file-height="193" /></a></span> <a href="https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Zahedan#Q140561" class="extiw" title="voy:Zahedan">Zahedan</a> travel guide from Wikivoyage</li></ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zahedan&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Also <a href="/wiki/Romanize" class="mw-redirect" title="Romanize">romanized</a> as <b>Zâhedân</b> and <b>Zaahedaan</b>; also known as <b>Zâhedâne Yek</b> and <b>Zāhidān</b>; formerly known as <b>Dowzdâb</b> (دوزداب), <b>Dozdâb</b> (دزداب), or <b>Dozdâp</b> (دزداپ),<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and renamed <b>Zâhedân</b> by <a href="/wiki/Reza_Shah_Pahlavi" class="mw-redirect" title="Reza Shah Pahlavi">Reza Shah Pahlavi</a> during the late 1920s<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zahedan&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFOpenStreetMap_contributors2023" class="citation map cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">OpenStreetMap contributors (22 April 2023). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=29.5025&mlon=60.855833&zoom=13#map=13/29.5025/60.8558">"Zahedan, Zahedan County"</a> (Map). <i><a href="/wiki/OpenStreetMap" title="OpenStreetMap">OpenStreetMap</a></i> (in Persian)<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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In <a href="/wiki/Peri_J._Bearman" class="mw-redirect" title="Peri J. Bearman">Bearman, P. J.</a>; <a href="/wiki/Thierry_Bianquis" title="Thierry Bianquis">Bianquis, Th.</a>; <a href="/wiki/C._E._Bosworth" class="mw-redirect" title="C. E. Bosworth">Bosworth, C. E.</a>; <a href="/wiki/Emeri_Johannes_van_Donzel" class="mw-redirect" title="Emeri Johannes van Donzel">van Donzel, E.</a> & <a href="/wiki/Wolfhart_Heinrichs" title="Wolfhart Heinrichs">Heinrichs, W. P.</a> (eds.). <i><a href="/wiki/The_Encyclopaedia_of_Islam#2nd_edition,_EI2" class="mw-redirect" title="The Encyclopaedia of Islam">The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition</a>. </i>Volume XI:<i> W–Z</i>. Leiden: E. J. 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