Yazd

Geography
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.

desert

Dome of Seyyed Rokn-ad-Din

O Dolatabad Garden

History

The province of Yazd was a valuable part of the Iranian great civilisation and it hosts ramarkable elements of the world cultural and historical heritage. Human settlemnts of the province have history goes beyond the 30th century BC. During the Peeshdadian period, tribes who traved from Balkh to Pars, named the teretory of Yazd Sarzameen Yazdan which means (the God Teretory), and since then it has been the main pray place for the Zoratosts and it has been called by the name of Yazd. The main important and initial settlements of the province were Mihrpadeenwhich is called now Fahraj, Khormeesh, Ader now Ardakan, Shevaz, Qelaa Mobadan now Maibod, Taranj, Aqda and Ashkezar. the city of Yazd was know for Zoratosts a fethful and holly place and the most important in the teretory. Cultural attractions of the province are remarkable. The rich legacy of the people's culture shows nice and old traditions
of the Zerostians as well as the now Muslims which cosist together a marvilous tourism attraction.
The native zerostians of the province hold their traditional ceremoneis in different occasions every year, and observing them doing so, is attractive for tourists from different cultures. The native Zerostians of the province still speaks their old language and practice all their traditional ceremoneis in that language. Many of their ceromonies are held every month, but the traditional Persian New Year, the Sadeh and the Birthday of Zorotoust ceromonies
are held annually. The most important natural, cultural and historical as well as tourism characteristics of cities, towns.

Historical

villages of the province are as following:
The distrct of Yazd includes many tourism attrations and places to visit such as the following:
Ghar (cave) Nabati and Chahar Taqi (Four Arch) in Nadoshan and Zazd. Khanehaye Qadimi (Old Houses) Lariha, Arabha, Rasoleyan, Kolah Doozha, Melekol Todjar and Asaadi. Ab Anbarhaye Qadimi (the Old Water Stores) Shish Badguir (6Wind-Catchers), Masoudin, Haj Ali Akbar, Khouajeh Gulshan and Rustam Guiv. Madaris Qadimi (Old Scholls) Khan, Zeyaieh, Abul-Maali, Huseyneyeh, Domenar, Medan Qeyam and Abdul-Raheem Khan Qala (Castle) Ibraheem Abad which is located in Rastaq village, and Qalahayeh (castles) Zarich and Ez Abad. Baghayeh (Gardens)Dawlat Abad and Khan which are located on the old road to Taft.
Baghayeh (Gardens) Kolah Farangiand Musheer which are located in Rahmat Abad. Masajid (Mosgues) Jami, Meer chakhmaq, Mulla Ismaiel, Zaviyeh, sabat and Chahar Menar. Masajd Qadimi Reeg, Ez Abad Rastaq Gul and Nadoshan. Masji Jami (Friday Mosque) Fahraj.
Buqahayeh (Shrines) Abu-jafar, Saied Khalil, Darvazeh Imam, Shah, Sayed Reza, Sayed gul Surkh, Ruknel-Deen and Shamsol-Deen. amakin Mazhabi Zartushtian (Holy Places of Zerostians.

Old Tower, Yazd