Bisotun Explained
| Bisotun |
| Native Name: | Persian: بيستون |
| Native Name Lang: | fa |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Pushpin Map: | Iran |
| Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Iran |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kermanshah |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Harsin |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Bisotun |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Total: | 4942 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | IRST |
| Utc Offset: | +3:30 |
Bisotun (Persian: بيستون) is a city in, and the capital of, Bisotun District of Harsin County, Kermanshah province, Iran.[2] It also serves as the administrative center for Chamchamal Rural District.[3]
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 2,075 in 527 households.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 5,107 people in 1,427 households.[5] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 4,942 people in 1,495 households.[6]
Overview
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. Later folklore connected this place to the legend of Farhad and Shirin.
A Safavid caravanserai is preserved in Bisotun.
See also
Notes and References
- ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Bisotun, Harsin County . . 13 July 2023 . 13 July 2023 . fa.
- Web site: Divisional reforms in Kermanshah province . fa . Lamtakam . https://web.archive.org/web/20240130155903/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/115600 . Ministry of Interior, Political and Defense Commission of the Government Board . Habibi . Hassan . 30 January 2024 . 30 January 2024.
- Web site: Creation and establishment of 20 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Bakhtran County under Bakhtran province . fa . Islamic Parliament Research Center . https://web.archive.org/web/20120831185750/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110367 . Ministry of Interior, Board of Ministers . Mousavi . Mirhossein . 31 August 2012 . 18 May 1366 . 29 January 2024.
- Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006) . 05 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 25 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094844/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/05.xls . Excel . 20 September 2011.
- Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011) . 05 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . Syracuse University . https://web.archive.org/web/20230118172226/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Kermanshah.xls . 18 January 2023 . 19 December 2022 . Excel.
- Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) . 05 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220403212203/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_05.xlsx . Excel . 3 April 2022.
