Mashhad

Summary

Mashhad is a city of Iran^[1]. Mashhad ranks in the top 0.27% of city_of_iran entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,495 views/month, #3 of 1,113).^[2]

Key Facts

• Mashhad is located in Central District^[3].
• Mashhad is in the country of Iran^[4].
• Mashhad's head of government is recorded as Mohammad Reza Kalaei^[5].
• Mashhad's head of government is recorded as Mohammad Reza Ghalandar^[6].
• Mashhad's instance of is recorded as city of Iran^[7].
• Mashhad's official language is recorded as Persian^[8].
• Mashhad's twinned administrative body is recorded as Milan^[9].
• Mashhad's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kuala Lumpur^[10].
• Mashhad's twinned administrative body is recorded as Karachi^[11].
• Mashhad's twinned administrative body is recorded as Lahore^[12].
• Mashhad's twinned administrative body is recorded as Fresno^[13].
• Mashhad's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ürümqi^[14].
• Mashhad's twinned administrative body is recorded as Mazar-i-Sharif^[15].
• Mashhad's twinned administrative body is recorded as Santiago de Compostela^[16].
• Mashhad's twinned administrative body is recorded as Verona^[17].
• Mashhad's twinned administrative body is recorded as Surabaya^[18].
• Mashhad's postal code is recorded as 1333591886^[19].
• Mashhad's Commons category is recorded as Mashhad^[20].
• Mashhad's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:30^[21].
• Mashhad's local dialing code is recorded as ۰۵۱۳^[22].
• 818 marks the founding of Mashhad^[23].
• Mashhad's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 36.297494444444446, 'lon': 59.60592305555556}^[24].
• Mashhad's official website is recorded as https://www.mashhad.ir/^[25].
• Mashhad's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mashhad^[26].
• Mashhad has a population of {'amount': '+3001184'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Mashhad is in the country of Iran^[4]. Mashhad is located in Central District^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Mashhad covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+328'}^[28]. Mashhad sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+982'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+3001184'}^[27], {'amount': '+1463508'}^[30], {'amount': '+1559155'}^[31], {'amount': '+1887405'}^[32], and {'amount': '+3208000'}^[33].

Designation and Status

Mashhad's instance of is recorded as city of Iran^[7].

History and Context

818 marks the founding of Mashhad^[23].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Mashhad include Mashhad International Airport^[34], an international airport^[35], in Iran^[36] and Codex Mashhad^[37], an Early Quranic manuscript^[38], founded in 0700^[39].

Why It Matters

Mashhad ranks in the top 0.27% of city_of_iran entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,495 views/month, #3 of 1,113).^[2] Mashhad has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[40] Mashhad is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[41]

Entities named for Mashhad include Mashhad International Airport^[34], an international airport^[35], in Iran^[36] and Codex Mashhad^[37], an Early Quranic manuscript^[38], founded in 0700^[39].