Sistan | Region, Population, & Map | Britannica
Sīstān, extensive border region, eastern Iran and southwestern Afghanistan. Forty percent of its area is in Iran, as well as the majority of its sparse population. The region comprises a large depression some 1,500–1,700 feet (450–520 m) in elevation.
Attack on a police convoy in a restive southeastern province of …
2024年10月26日 · DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An attack on an Iranian police convoy Saturday in the country’s restive southern province of Sistan and Baluchestan killed at least 10 officers, authorities said.
Attack on an Iranian police convoy kills at least 10 officers; no ...
2024年10月26日 · An attack on an Iranian police convoy Saturday in the country's restive southern province of Sistan and Baluchestan killed at least 10 officers, authorities said. Details remain scarce over the...
Baluchistan | History, People, Religion, & Map | Britannica
2024年10月26日 · Baluchistan, traditional region of southeastern Iran, the greater part of which is in Sīstān va Balūchestān ostān (province). With harsh physical and social conditions, the region is among the least developed in Iran.
Iran's Troubled Provinces: Baluchistan - The Iran Primer
2020年8月6日 · Sistan and Baluchistan, the second largest of Iran’s 31 provinces, is slightly larger than North Dakota or about the size of Syria. But it is sparsely populated with just 2.8 million people, just over 3 percent of Iran’s 84 million people.
What Is Sistan?
Sistan is a geographical region that lies at the southwestern corner of Afghanistan, northwest Pakistan, and eastern Iran, bisected by the Helmand River, the largest watercourse in Afghanistan. Surrounded by deserts, it is a land of extreme heat and cold, relentless winds, and shifting sand dunes.
"Sistan," Middle Persian Sakastan "land of the Sakas," whence Arabic Sijistan, is of course the more recent name in history for the Drangiana of the classical Greek geographers and historians. Drangiana neverthless survived in parallel to the Middle Persian and Islamic designation Sistan.
The Land - The Helmand Sistan Project
The contours of the Sistan basin was created by the Helmand River and life in the basin revolves around it. Over the millennia, the Helmand has carved a channel deep into the plain of Sistan, caused by subsidence, by wind action, and by tectonic activity.
A Sistan & Balochistan Travel Guide: Iran Off the Beaten Path
Sistan and Balochistan Province is chockful of unusual phenomena, one of the strangest being the Gelafshan Mud Volcano near the seaside town of Bandar e Tang.
Key Sites of the Helmand Sistan Project
Trakhun is one of the best known and most visible sites in Sistan. A high-walled fortress situated atop a 30 m high triangular rock formation over 100 m on each side in the center of…
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