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Bookmark & shareThe world's largest adobe town, Yazd rises from the desert like a city of sand.
Sandwiched between two pitiless deserts, Yazd has flourished against the odds for thousands of years. This unrelentingly harsh environment has produced a unique culture and cityscape, and provided a haven for Zoroastrianism, Iran's original religion.
Fast Facts
Population
505,037
Currency
Name: Iranian Rial
Code: IRR
Symbol: IR
Electrical Plugs
230V 50Hz
Languages Spoken
Official: Persian
Time Zones
GMT/UTC +3.5
Country Dialing Code
+98
Weights & Measures
Metric
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