Official Name: | Yush |
Native Name: | Persian: یوش |
Settlement Type: | village |
Pushpin Map: | Iran |
Mapsize: | 150px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Mazandaran |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Nur |
Subdivision Type3: | Bakhsh |
Subdivision Name3: | Baladeh |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural District |
Subdivision Name4: | Sheykh Fazlolah-e Nuri |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Total: | 154 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | IRST |
Utc Offset: | +3:30 |
Timezone Dst: | IRDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | +4:30 |
Coordinates: | 36.1919°N 51.7236°W |
Yush (Persian: یوش, also Romanized as Yūsh) is a village in Sheykh Fazlolah-e Nuri Rural District, Baladeh District, Nur County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 154, in 57 families.
Yush lies in the Alborz Mountains and is known as the birthplace of Nima Yooshij, an influential contemporary poet and the father of the new-era poem in Iran.
On 28 May 2004 at 17:08 local time (12:38 UTC), it was the epicentre of the 6.3 Mazandaran-Qazvin earthquake, which left 35 dead and 400 injured.