Bardaskan County


Bardaskan is a county in Razavi Khorasan Province in Iran. Bardaskan has also been called Baradaskan or Berdaskan. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 68,392 in 18,229 families. The county has three districts : Central District, Anabad District, and Shahrabad District. The county has three cities: Bardaskan, Anabad, and Shahrabad.
Azad University is the only institute of higher education since 2000. Saffron, pistachios, and figs are the main commercial products from the county.

Geographical position, weather, jobs, products and roads

Bardaskan is located in the Khorasan Razavi province at the northern edge of the Namak Desert. Its area is. The altitude of Bardaskan is. The weather in northern Bardaskan is cold while the weather in southern and central Bardaskan varies from semi-dry to hot and dry. Annual average rainfall is. The summer high temperature is nearly, and winter low is. There are no perennial rivers, but there are several seasonal rivers.
Bardaskan currently has three towns and 293 villages. The main jobs are farming and animal husbandry. Staple crops are wheat, barley, cotton and cumin seed, and pistachio, saffron, pomegranate, fig and grape products.
Neighboring cities of Bardaskan are Sabzevar city, Khalilabad, Tabas, and Semnan.

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