Bakharz
City in Razavi Khorasan province, Iran
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Bakharz (Persian: باخرز)[a] is a city in the Central District of Bakharz County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county[5] and the district.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 6,854 in 1,661 households,[6] when it was capital of the former Bakharz District in Taybad County.[7] The following census in 2011 counted 8,392 people in 2,134 households,[8] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Bakharz County. Bakharz was transferred to the new Central District as the county's capital.[5] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 9,044 people in 2,536 households.[3]
Notable people
- Ali ibn Hassan Bakharzi, poet and secretary
- Sayf al-Din Bakharzi (al-Bakharzi)
