Bardaskan
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Bardaskan is a county
Counties of Iran
The provinces of Iran further subdivided into counties called shahrestan , an area inside an ostan, and consists of a city centre, few bakhsh and many villages around them. There are usually a few cities and rural agglomerations in each county. Rural agglomerations are a collection of a number...

 in Razavi Khorasan Province
Razavi Khorasan Province
Razavi Khorasan Province is a province located in northeastern Iran. Mashhad is the centre and capital of the province.Other cities and townships are Ghouchan, Dargaz, Chenaran, Sarakhs, Fariman, Torbat-e Heydarieh, Torbat-e Jam, Taybad, Khaf, Roshtkhar, Kashmar, Bardaskan, Nishapur, Sabzevar,...

 in Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

. The capital of the province is Mashhad
Mashhad
Mashhad , is the second largest city in Iran and one of the holiest cities in the Shia Muslim world. It is also the only major Iranian city with an Arabic name. It is located east of Tehran, at the center of the Razavi Khorasan Province close to the borders of Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. Its...

. Bardaskan in sundry times called Baradaskan باردسکن or Berdaskan برداسکن, The history of Bardaskan goes to 14 century AD. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 68,392, in 18,229 families. The county has three districts (bakhsh
Bakhsh
A bakhsh is a type of administrative division of Iran. While sometimes translated as county, it is more accurately translated as district, as they are similar to a township in the United States or a district of England....

): Central District
Central District (Bardaskan County)
The Central District of Bardaskan County is a district in Bardaskan County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 33,105, in 9,313 families. The District has one city: Bardaskan....

, Anabad District
Anabad District
Anabad District is a district in Bardaskan County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 17,568, in 4,398 families. The District has one city: Anabad....

, and Shahrabad District
Shahrabad District
Shahrabad District is a district in Bardaskan County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 17,719, in 4,518 families. The capital of the district is Shahrabad....

. The county has three cities: Bardaskan
Bardaskan
Bardaskan is a county in Razavi Khorasan Province in Iran. The capital of the province is Mashhad. Bardaskan in sundry times called Baradaskan باردسکن or Berdaskan برداسکن, The history of Bardaskan goes to 14 century AD. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 68,392, in 18,229 families...

 (the capital), Anabad
Anabad, Iran
Anabad is a city in and the capital of Anabad District, in Bardaskan County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 5,968, in 1,480 families....

, and Shahrabad
Shahrabad, Razavi Khorasan
Shahrabad is a city in and the capital of Shahrabad District, in Bardaskan County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 2,185, in 523 families....

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Azad University is the only high education center since 2000. Saffron, Pistachio and Fig are main products from the county.

Geography

Bardaskan is located from East to Kashmar
Kashmar
Kashmar is a city in and the capital of Kashmar County, in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. Kashmar is located near the river Sish Taraz in the western part of the province, and south of the province's capital Mashhad, in Iran, from east to Bardaskan, west to Torbat-e Heydarieh, north to...

, North to Sabzevar
Sabzevar
Sabzevar is a city in, and the capital of Sabzevar County, in Razavi Khorasan Province in northeastern Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 208,172, in 57,024 families.It is approximately 220 kilometres west of Mashhad, the provincial capital...

, South to Ferdows
Ferdows
Ferdows , also Romanized as Ferdos, Ferdous, and Firdaus; named Toon or Tūn until 1929) is a city in and the capital of Ferdows County, located in the northwest of South Khorasan Province in Iran. It is about south of Mashhad and 200 km northwest of Birjand...

 and Kavir,Bardaskan placed on the main route from southern Iran to Tehran
Tehran
Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...


Main sights

Notable people

Hossein Akhlaghi (PhD. Former Assistant Professor of Psychology in Ferdowsi University of Mashhad )
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