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Bajgiran Persian: باجگيران
City
Bajgiran
Coordinates: 37°37′17″N 58°25′06″E / 37.62139°N 58.41833°E / 37.62139; 58.41833
Country	Iran
Province	Razavi Khorasan
County	Quchan
District	Bajgiran
Population
• Total	594
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
Bajgiran at GEOnet Names Server

Bajgiran (Persian: باجگيران) is a city in, and the capital of, Bajgiran District of Quchan County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. On the Iran-Turkmenistan border, it is the site of an official crossing point into Turkmenistan.

Demographics

Ethnicity

Most of its inhabitants are Kormanj Kurds of the Sioukanlu tribe who migrated to this region from eastern Turkey. Bajgiran is located in northwestern Khorasan, and the Kurmanj Kurds were relocated to northwestern Khorasan during the early Safavid dynasty to prevent invasions by Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The common languages in the city are mostly Kurdish Kormanji and Turkish and Persian are a minority. The religion of all is The Shiites of Twelve Imams.

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 753 in 217 households. The following census in 2011 counted 406 people in 123 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 594 people in 188 households.

See also

Bajgiran travel guide from Wikivoyage

Iran portal

Notes

1. Also romanized as Bājgīrān

References

1. OpenStreetMap contributors (4 November 2024). "Bajgiran, Quchan County" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 4 November 2024.
2. ^ Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Razavi Khorasan Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
3. Bajgiran can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3054866" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
4. Habibi, Hassan (c. 2015) . Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the divisions of Khorasan province, centered in Mashhad. rc.majlis.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Council. Proposal 3223.1.5.53; Approval Letter 3808-907; Notification 84902/T125K. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2024 – via Islamic Parliament Research Center.
5. "the biggest moving tribe in Khorasan Razavi Province" (PDF).
6. Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Razavi Khorasan Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
7. Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Razavi Khorasan Province. irandataportal.syr.edu (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022 – via Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University.

v t e Razavi Khorasan province
Capital	Mashhad
Counties and cities	Bajestan County Bajestan Yunesi Bakharz County Bakharz Bardaskan County Bardaskan Anabad Shahrabad Chenaran County Chenaran Dargaz County Dargaz Chapeshlu Lotfabad Now Khandan Davarzan County Davarzan Fariman County Fariman Farhadgerd Qalandarabad Sefid Sang Firuzeh County Firuzeh Hemmatabad Golbahar County Shahr Jadid-e Golbahar Golmakan Gonabad County Gonabad Bidokht Kakhk Joghatai County Joghatai Joveyn County Neqab Kalat County Kalat Shahr-e Zow Kashmar County Kashmar Farg Qaleh Khalilabad County Khalilabad Kondor Khoshab County Soltanabad Khaf County Khvaf Nashtifan Qasemabad Salami Sangan Kuhsorkh County Rivash Mahvelat County Feyzabad Shadmehr Mashhad County Mashhad Malekabad Razaviyeh Nishapur County Nishapur Chekneh Darrud Kharv Eshqabad Qadamgah Quchan County Quchan Bajgiran Roshtkhar County Rashtkhvar Jangal Sabzevar County Sabzevar Rud Ab Salehabad County Salehabad Sarakhs County Sarakhs Mazdavand Sheshtamad County Sheshtomad Taybad County Taybad Kariz Mashhad Rizeh Torbat-e Heydarieh County Torbat-e Heydarieh Bayg Kadkan Robat-e Sang Torbat-e Jam County Torbat-e Jam Nasrabad Nilshahr Samiabad-e Arbab Din Mohammad Torqabeh and Shandiz County Torqabeh Shandiz Zaveh County Dowlatabad Zeberkhan County Darrud Kharv Qadamgah
Landmarks	Abbasabad Complex Tomb of Abdolabad Aliabad Tower Amin al-tojar Caravansarai Atashgah Manmade-Cave Atashgah Castle Firuzabad area Firuzabad Tower Goharshad Mosque Haj Soltan Religious School Haji Jalal Mosque Haruniyeh Dome Imam Reza shrine Imamzadeh Hamzeh, Kashmar Imamzadeh Seyed Morteza Jameh Mosque of Kashmar Jameh Mosque of Marandiz Jameh Mosque of Nishapur Jameh Mosque of Sabzevar Karat Minaret Khosrogerd Minaret Kondor Ab anbars Kūh-e Tīr Māhī Mausoleum of Attar of Nishapur Mausoleum of Omar Khayyám Khalilabad Hot Spring Pamenar Mosque, Sabzevar Qanats of Ghasabeh Ribat of Kabudan Ribat of Sharaf Rig castle Shahi Dam Sheikh Ahmad-e Jami mausoleum complex Seyyed Bagher Ab anbar Shadiyakh Sir Cave Tandooreh National Park Tomb of Baba Loghman Tomb of Boghrat Tomb of Ferdowsi Tomb of Hadi Sabzevari Tomb of Hassan Modarres Tomb of Heydar Yaghma Tomb of Kamal-ol-molk Tomb of Khajeh Rabie Tomb of Nader Shah Qal'eh Dokhtar, Kuhsorkh
General	List of cities, towns and villages in Razavi Khorasan Province

v t e Quchan County
Capital	Quchan
Districts	Central Cities Quchan Rural Districts and villages Dughayi Allatman Almajeq Andarzi Atarchi Beniabid Besh Aghaj Beyg Nazar Borselan Chah Ab Chahar Suq Chanbar Gharbal Dughayi Dustabad Gol Mim Gol Mokharan Golshanabad Hesar Kalateh-ye Ahmad Kalateh-ye Ali Zeynal Kalateh-ye Azim Kalateh-ye Hajji Ali Dad Kalateh-ye Malu Kalateh-ye Reza Khan Kalateh-ye Yesaval Bashi Kalateh-ye Zaman Kheyrabad Kheyrabad-e Sharqi Maqsudabad Mazraeh-ye Zaman Put Meshkanlu Qarah Chay Rezaabad-e Sharqi Sahlabad Samangan Shafi Shoghlabad Shurcheh Tukla Bagh Yasaqi Yazdanabad-e Sharqi Zaman Put Quchan Atiq Asgarabad Askariyeh Biglar Borj-e Zeydanlu Chitgar Daghian Darbandi Fathabad Filab Firuzabad Gonbad Heq Gowjeh Gozalabad Haji Kahu Hasanabad Jafarabad-e Olya Jartudeh Joneydabad Kalateh-ye Mirza Rajab Kohneh Forud Kolukhi Mahmudi Mohammadabad-e Olya Mohammadabad-e Sofla Moheb Saraj Nasimabad Neyyat Nowruzi Orteh Cheshmeh Otorabad Qarah Shahverdi Quchan Industrial Estate Saadat Qoli-ye Olya Saadat Qoli-ye Sofla Salimabad Sarab Shahr-e Kohneh Taqiabad Yazdanabad-e Olya Yazdanabad-e Sofla Yusefabad Zadak Zeydanlu Shirin Darreh Ab Barg Allahian Aq Kariz Bad Khvor Borj-e Qardash Chalaki Cheran Fakhrabad Hemmatabad-e Chalaki Hey Hey Janan Khomartash Kordkanlu Mezerj Padegan-e Quchan Pariabad Piranlu Pish Baghan Qeytaqi Salanquch Sarzow Shurok-e Hajji Shurok-e Tupkanlu Tabrik Tavil Yadak Yaqubabad Yusef Khan Zu Khanu Zubaran Sudlaneh Ab Gorg Ab Shuri Alaqeh Janban Aliabad Dadanlu Davodli Dizadiz Dizavand Dulu Emarat Eslamabad Farkhan-e Kohneh Farkhan-e Olya Farkhan-e Shahrah Farkhan-e Sofla Guganlu Jafarabad-e Olya Kachalanlu Kalateh-ye Archinabad Kalateh-ye Fathabad-e Sharqi Kalateh-ye Mirza Mohammad Ali Kallar Khalkanlu Kotlar Mohammadabad-e Sharqi Navakh Qaleh-ye Abbas Qarah Jeqqeh Qasemabad Qeshlaq Yengeh Qaleh-ye Havadanlu Zalabad Bajgiran Cities Bajgiran Rural Districts and villages Dowlatkhaneh Ab Jahan Asi Bolagh Bardar Chuynli Dor Badam Dowlatkhaneh Emamqoli Eslamabad Hamzeh Kanlu Incheh Keykanlu Incheh Sabolagh Incheh Shahbaz Jowzan Kalateh-ye Hajji Nasir Kalateh-ye Molla Mohammad Pakotal Qach Kanlu Qareh Cheh Qariyeh Sharaf Qarjqah Rahvard Shah Rag Shamkhal Sheykh Kanlu Shirzan Yadegar

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