Khaf

Demographic figures from Statistical Centre of Iran. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

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Overview

Khaf, also as Khwaf, is a city in the Central District of Khaf County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. It is on the Mashhad-Herat railway, currently under construction.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Jami

Persian poet (1414–1492)

Hatefi

poet

Hafiz-i Abru

Persian historian at the court of Timurid rulers of Central Asia

Behafarid

8th-century Persian Zoroastrian heresiarch

Osman Mohammad Parast

Iranian musician

S

Salaheddin Bayani

Iranian politician

F

Faṣīḥ al-Dīn Aḥmad Faṣīḥ Khvāfī

Iranian historian

A

Akbar Ahmadpour

Iranian politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Iran

• mandivan
  14.6 mi away
• Roshtkhar
  40.5 mi away · pop. 7,500
• Kang-e Sofla
  63.5 mi away · pop. 700
• Kalateh-ye Zanganeh
  63.9 mi away · pop. 900
• Kang-e Olya
  64 mi away · pop. 550
• Qaleh Ney
  64.5 mi away · pop. 1,300
• Mazjerd
  69.3 mi away · pop. 150
• Dugheshk
  72.5 mi away · pop. 640
• Kaj Derakht
  73.3 mi away · pop. 460
• Sefid Sang
  75.1 mi away · pop. 8,373
• Bayg
  83.6 mi away · pop. 4,000
• Azghand
  89.8 mi away · pop. 1,280

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Khaf

Search results from Open Library.