Ziarat, Golestan

Ziarat
Persian: زیارت
Village
The village of Ziarat
Ziarat
Coordinates: 36°42′21″N 54°28′41″E / 36.70583°N 54.47806°E / 36.70583; 54.47806[1]
CountryIran
ProvinceGolestan
CountyGorgan
DistrictCentral
Rural DistrictEstarabad-e Jonubi
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total
2,280
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Ziarat (Persian: زیارت)[a] is a village in Estarabad-e Jonubi Rural District[4] of the Central District in Gorgan County, Golestan province, Iran.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 1,964 in 478 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 1,958 people in 586 households.[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 2,280 people in 730 households.[2]

Overview

Ziarat is about 8 km south of the city of Gorgan. The Arabic word ziyāra (زيارة), meaning "visit," is used in Persian to refer to (pilgrimage to) a holy place.

Ziarat lies in a valley inside the eastern part of the Caspian Hyrcanian rain forests at an altitude of 1,563 meters above sea level.[7] There are three mosques in the village and near the shrine is a hot spring that feeds a public bath before joining the valley river. Some of the surrounding hills are grazed by sheep, goats and cattle. South of the village, at the end of a dirt road, is a waterfall that is a popular tourist attraction.

See also

Media related to Ziarat, Golestan at Wikimedia Commons

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Notes

  1. ^ Also romanized as Zīārat; also known as Zeyārat-e Khāşeh Rūd, Ziār, Zīārat-e Khāşeh Rūd, Zīārat-e Khāsteh Rūd, and Zīyārat Khāseh Rūd[3]

References

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (14 December 2025). "روستای زیارت [Rustai-ye Ziarat], Ziarat Village, دهستان استرآبادجنوبی, بخش مرکزی [Estarabad-e Jonubi Rural District, Central District], Gorgan County, Golestan Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 14 December 2025.
  2. ^ a b سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان گلستان [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Golestan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ^ Ziarat can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3089448" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  4. ^ Mousavi, Mir-Hossein (22 April 1987) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1366/02/02 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ایجاد و تشکیل تعداد 10 دهستان شامل روستاها، مزارع و مکانهای واقع در شهرستان گرگان تابعه استان مازندران [‌Creation and formation of 10 rural districts including villages, farms and places located in Gorgan County, Mazandaran province]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شناسه [ID] 35CBE30D-B272-4323-91CE-3BA0FEA9EC0D. شماره دوره [Course number] 66, شماره جلد [Volume number] 4. Archived from the original on 6 December 2025. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
  5. ^ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان گلستان [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Golestan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  6. ^ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان گلستان [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Golestan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 17 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Introducing the sights of Ziarat village" معرفی جاهای دیدنی روستای زیارت. otaghak (in Persian). 4 March 2024 [3 March 2024]. Retrieved 9 March 2024. درباره روستای زیارت [About the Ziarat village]