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	Yazd, Iran
		The neighboring deserts of Kavir-e-Loot, Kavir-e-Namak and Dast-e-Kavir and scanty rainfall give the province a dry climate.The few mountains of this region are mainly situated in the south and south-west, the most important of which are the Shir Kooh mountains whose peaks are snow-covered all the year round.
		The language spoken in the province is Persian.Yazd (the capital city) is linked to other towns and cities by asphalt roads.
		Yazd province is rich in minerals such as iron, lead, zinc, copper and uranium.
	www.iranparadise.com /iran-travel/Yazd-Iran-travel.htm (490 words)

	Yazd - WikIran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Yazd (Persian: یزد) is the provincial center of the Province of Yazd in central Iran.
		Yazd is situated at an oasis where the Dasht-e Kavir desert and the Dasht-e Lut desert meet (the city is sometimes called "the bride of the Kavir" because of its location), in a valley between Shir Kuh, the tallest mountain in the region at 4075 m.
		Yazd is of foremost importance as a centre of Persian architecture.
	www.wikiran.org /wiki/Yazd_(city) (888 words)

	Iranian Cities: Yazd
		For a brief period, Yazd was the capital of Atabakan and Mozaffarid dynasties (14th Century A.D.).
		The city of Yazd is located in the eastern part of central Iran situated on the high, desert plateau that forms much of the country.
		The word Yazd means, feast and worship, The city of Yazd has resisted the modern urbasisation changes and maintained its traditional structure.
	www.iranchamber.com /cities/yazd/yazd.php (711 words)

	Yazd
		With an area of 72156 Square Kilometers, the province of YAZD is located in the center of Iran.According to the administrative division rules, it is divided into 7 districts, each include at least one town and a number of villages, all located in a particular area.
		The population of the province of Yazd in 1996 was 750769 from which 75.15% were registered to be urban dweler and the remaining 24.85% were villegers.
		The province of Yazd is significantly dray for two main reasons, the first is its location on the arid belt of the world, and second, it is very far from the Oman Sea, the Persian Gulf, the Iranian lakes and wet winds.
	www.irantour.org /Iran/province/Yazd.html (653 words)

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		Neighboring the provinces of Kerman and Fars to the south and south-west, Isfahan to the north and west and Khorassan to the north-east, this province is located in the center of Iranian plateau on the borders of the central desert.
		Yazd is one of the oldest and most typical desert cities in Iran.
		The architecture of Yazd is unique, combining a proliferation of those graceful Bad-Girs (wind-towers) seen in the central and southern Iran: the houses are surmounted by high turrets with opening oriented towards the dominant winds; these insure the ventilation of the lower parts of the house rather like air-vent on a ship.
	www.mohajeri.com /yazd.htm (613 words)

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		Yazd is also the capital of the province bearing the same name.
		Yazd town is believed to be the second oldest, continuously inhabited town in the world, after Jerusalem.
		After a long chat with the priest and other members of the Zarthusht community in Yazd, I felt they were weighed down by the responsibility of having to keep their identity, traditions and faith alive, even as their numbers are dwindling at an alarming rate.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=20050422000106500.htm&date=fl2208/&prd=fline& (2547 words)

	SalamIran - Province of Yazd
		Capital of Yazd province, the focal point for bus journeys south and southeast to Bandar-e Abbas or Kerman and Zahedan, and 677 km southeast of Tehran, right in the center of Iran and almost entirely surrounded by deserts is the city of Yazd.
		The architecture of Yazd is unique, combining a proliferation of those graceful bad-girs (wind-towers) seen in central and southern Iran: the houses are surmounted by high turrets with openings oriented toward the dominant winds; these insure the ventilation of the lower parts of the house rather like air-vents on a ship.
		Yazd is also a good place for cakes and sweets (baghlava, qottab, pashmak), although quite a lot of the tempting tooth-rotters on display aren’t actually made in the town.
	www.salamiran.org /CT/provinces/yazd.html (2822 words)

	:: Iran Travel Guide :: Iran-tours.com ::
		Right in the center of Iran and almost entirely surrounded by deserts is the city of Yazd, the capital city of Yazd province.
		Among the finest bad-girs in Yazd is the Dowlat bad-gir which is located in a garden of the same name and is 33 meters high.
		Yazd is also famous for its yellowish pomegranate and sweet and its tall wind catcher.
	iran-tours.com /guide.asp?item=guide_city_yazd.html (302 words)

	yazd
		The uniqueness of Yazd's architecture is due to high mud brick walls, large basements for use in summers, large pools in the yards, and tall wind-towers on the roofs used for ventilation and cooling.
		The city of yazd, the provincial capital, is 677 Kms south of Tehran.
		Yazd is the leading center for Zoroastanians in Iran, as a result of which their festivals, such as Naw ruz, Mehregan and Sadeh are taken place in the greatest form in this province.
	members.tripod.com /shoma_web/yazd.htm (186 words)

	Yazd Shahab
		Yazd province covers 76,156 sg.km.of land in Central Iran.kevir,deserts and mountains occupy a large part of the province.
		The history of yazd is written on a geography of drought and aridity.
		Yazd province, with an average of 100 mm.of annual rainfall, is a dry, perhaps driest, region in iran.
	www.yazdshahab.com (695 words)

	Yazd Province
		Yazd (Persian: یزد) is one of the 30 provinces of Iran.
		The city of Yazd’s first mention in historic records predate it back to around 3000 years B.C. when it was related to by the name of Ysatis, and was then part of the domain of Medes, an ancient empire of Iran.
		For a brief period, Yazd was the capital of Atabakan and Mozaffarid dynasties.
	www.1bx.com /en/Yazd_Province.htm (869 words)

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