Boshruyeh
City in South Khorasan province, Iran / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Boshruyeh (Persian: بشرويه - "Bosh-Growing", also Romanized as Boshrūyeh)[3] is a city in the Central District of Boshruyeh County, South Khorasan province, Iran, and serves as capital of the county.[4]
Boshruyeh
Persian: بشرويه | |
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City | |
Coordinates: 33°52′05″N 57°25′43″E[1] | |
Country | Iran |
Province | South Khorasan |
County | Boshruyeh |
District | Central |
Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 16,426 |
Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
Boshruyeh at GEOnet Names Server |
At the 2006 census, its population was 13,778 in 3,638 households, when it was in the former Boshruyeh District of Ferdows County.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 15,318 people in 4,325 households,[6] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Boshruyeh County.[4] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 16,426 people in 4,973 households.[2]
Boshruyeh is located between the cities of Ferdows and Tabas at the border of the Dasht-e Kavir. Near this city, there are old villages named Aresk, Raqqeh, Korond, Neigenan and Ghaniabad.
The geographic coordinates of Boshruyeh are 33°52' N and 57°25' E. The weather usually is warm and in summer it is very hot. The average rain in a year is less than 150 mm.