Yazd City

Yazd (Alt. 1345m) 680 Km far from Tehran:

With an area of 72159 Square kilometers, the province of Yazd is located in the centre of Iran. According to the administrative divison rules, it is divided into 7 districts, each include at least one town and a number of villages, all located in a particular area.

These districts are: Abarkooh, Ardaakan, Bafq, Maybud, Mehreez, Taft and Yazd. Giographically, the province total area is a part of the central mountainous area of the country which is significant for its including diffirent mountains, hills, plains and significantly the central desert of Iran.

There are two mountain chains in the province, the firt crosses the province from north-west towards south, which crosses the centre of Iran, and it is knows the central mountain chain. The second chain is that crosses the centre as well as the northern and the north-estern parts of the province. The Sheerkooh chain wqhich forms a high wall and which separates the central area from the western part of the province, is usually cold peaks full of sonw. The sonw of this chain supplies water-need of Yazd city and the towns Taft and Mihreezd.

Historical sites of Yazd:

Jame mosque, Amir Chakmagh complex, Fire Temple, Silence Tower, Dowlat Abad Garden, the Alexander prison, Bazaar, and a lot of ventilation shaft.