Yush, Mazandaran Explained

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.

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