Yazd

E78637
city human settlement

Yazd is an ancient desert city in central Iran known for its well-preserved mud-brick architecture, Zoroastrian heritage, and historically significant Jewish community.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ
administrativeDivision Yazd County ⓘ
capitalOf Yazd Province ⓘ
climate arid ⓘ
climateClassification hot desert climate ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
coordinateLatitude 31.8972 N ⓘ
coordinateLongitude 54.3675 E ⓘ
country Iran ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel about 1216 meters ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Jews ⓘ
Persians ⓘ
Zoroastrianism ⓘ
surface form: Zoroastrians
hasLandmark Alexander’s Prison (Zendan-e Eskandar) ⓘ
Amir Chakhmaq Complex ⓘ
Dowlat Abad Garden ⓘ
Jameh Mosque of Yazd ⓘ
Towers of Silence of Yazd ⓘ
Yazd Water Museum ⓘ
Zoroastrian fire temples ⓘ
surface form: Zoroastrian Fire Temple of Yazd
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
historicalPeriod Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
Sasanian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Sassanian Empire

pre-Islamic Iran ⓘ
knownFor Tower of Silence ⓘ
surface form: Towers of Silence

Zoroastrian fire temples ⓘ
Zoroastrian heritage ⓘ
historic old town ⓘ
historically significant Jewish community ⓘ
mud-brick architecture ⓘ
qanat system ⓘ
windcatchers ⓘ
language Persian language ⓘ
surface form: Persian
localDialect Yazdi dialect of Persian ⓘ
locatedIn Yazd Province ⓘ
locatedInDesert Dasht-e Kavir ⓘ
Lut Desert region ⓘ
locatedInRegion central Iran ⓘ
population over 500000 ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
Zoroastrianism ⓘ
timeZone Iran Standard Time ⓘ
traditionalArchitectureFeature adobe and mud-brick buildings ⓘ
badgir (windcatcher) ⓘ
traditionalInfrastructure qanat underground water channels ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteName The Historic City of Yazd ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 2017 ⓘ
UTCOffset +3:30 ⓘ
UTCOffsetDST +4:30 ⓘ
wasImportantOn Silk Road routes ⓘ
surface form: Silk Road

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