Estir

Village in Razavi Khorasan province, Iran From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Estir (Persian: استير)[a] is a village in Qasabeh-ye Gharbi Rural District of the Central District in Sabzevar County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran.

CountryIran
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
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Estir
Persian: استير
Village
Estir is located in Iran
Estir
Estir
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 36°12′49″N 57°30′00″E[1]
CountryIran
ProvinceRazavi Khorasan
CountySabzevar
DistrictCentral
Rural DistrictQasabeh-ye Gharbi
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total
632
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
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Etymology

Estir was a Jewish village that had been named after Esther, the Jewish queen of the Persian king Xerxes I.[4]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 781 in 258 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 757 people in 252 households.[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 632 people in 228 households.[2]

See also

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Notes

  1. [a]
    Also romanized as Estīr; also known as Sūder[3]

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