Bisotun
Persian: بيستون
City
Shah Abbasi Caravansarai, Bisotun
Shah Abbasi Caravansarai, Bisotun
Bisotun is located in Iran
Bisotun
Bisotun
Coordinates: 34°23′55″N 47°26′38″E / 34.39861°N 47.44389°E / 34.39861; 47.44389[1]
Country Iran
ProvinceKermanshah
CountyHarsin
DistrictBisotun
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total4,942
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Bisotun (Persian: بيستون; also Romanized as Bīsotūn; also known as Bīsītan and Bīsītūn)[3] is a city in, and the capital of, Bisotun District of Harsin County, Kermanshah province, Iran.[4] It also serves as the administrative center for Chamchamal Rural District.[5]

At the 2006 census, its population was 2,075 in 527 households.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 5,107 people in 1,427 households.[7] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 4,942 people in 1,495 households.[2]

The town is at the foot of Bisotun Mountain, the flank of which is the location of an important historical site. The imperial road from Ekbatana to Babylon passed at the foot of the mountain. On the rocky slopes king Darius I left the Behistun Inscription. From the Seleucid epoch there is a Herakles statue. Next to it Parthian kings added some reliefs. Late Sasanian rulers prepared a large piece of rock for another victory relief which was never finished because of the subsequent Arab invasion.[citation needed] Later folklore connected this place to the legend of Farhad and Shirin.

A Safavid caravanserai is preserved in Bisotun.

Mount Bi-Sutoun by Eugène Flandin

Media related to Bisotun at Wikimedia Commons

References

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (13 July 2023). "Bisotun, Harsin County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 05. Archived from the original (Excel) on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ^ Bisotun can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3056492" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  4. ^ Habibi, Hassan. "Divisional reforms in Kermanshah province". Lamtakam (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Political and Defense Commission of the Government Board. Archived from the original on 30 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  5. ^ Mousavi, Mirhossein (18 May 1366). "Creation and establishment of 20 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Bakhtran County under Bakhtran province". Islamic Parliament Research Center (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Board of Ministers. Archived from the original on 31 August 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 05. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 05. Archived from the original (Excel) on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.


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