Zahedan

Zahedan
/zah'hee dahn"/, n.
a city in E Iran. 42,000.
Also, Zahidan.

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Iran
      city and capital of Sīstān va Balūchestān province, southeastern Iran, near the borders of Afghanistan and Pakistan. It is situated about 225 miles (360 km) southeast of Kermān in an arid zone, at an elevation of 4,435 feet (1,352 metres). The population comprises Shīʿite Muslim Persians and Sunnite Muslim Baluchs. Zāhedān is one of the less economically developed cities in Iran; local industry produces bricks, milled rice, livestock feed, processed foods, mats and baskets, embroidered articles, and ceramics.

      Strategically located along routes linking Central Asia and Persian Gulf ports to the south, the city has benefited from regional trade. It has also become an entrepôt for narcotics trafficking and other criminal enterprises across international borders. Roads link it with the Iranian cities of Zābol, Īrānshahr, Chāh Bahār, and Sarārān and with points in Afghanistan and Pakistan. It is the terminus of a rail line connecting Iran with Quetta, Pakistan. Construction began in the mid-1990s on a new line to Kermān to link Europe and the Indian subcontinent. The city also has an international airport. Notable historic buildings include a ruined citadel, in the centre of the city, and the Friday Mosque (Masjid-e Joṃeh). Pop. (2006) 567,449.

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