Nishapur

Nishapur or Nishabur (, Romanizit as Nīshāpūr, Nīshābūr, an Neyshābūr an aw), is a ceety in the Razavi Khorasan Province in northeastren Iran, situatit in a fertile plain at the fuit o the Binalud Muntains, near the regional caipital o Mashhad. Nishapur derivit its name frae its allegit foonder, the Sasanian keeng Shapur I.

The region's economy is lairgely agricultural, based on grain an cotton, an it is the seicont industrial ceety in Khorasan, an it is ane o the maist prosperous localities in Iran, awtho somewha blichtit bi drog smugglin frae nearbi Afghanistan. It haed a population o 205,972 fowk accordin tae 2006 census. The main east-wast railwey line throu Iran passes throu the toun. The region is vera prone tae yirdquauks, wi the maist recent significant anes occurrin in 1986 an 1997.

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Category:Khorasan
Category:Ceeties in Razavi Khorasan Province
Category:Populatit places in Nishapur Coonty
Category:Populatit places alang the Silk Road
Category:Seljuq dynasty
Category:Tahirid dynasty
Category:Auncient ceeties
Category:Iranian aircheological ceeties
Category:Airchaeological steids in Iran
Category:Nishapur Quairter
Category:Ismaili centres