Map of Iran showing the location of Jiroft.

Jiroft is a city in Kerman province, Iran. It is located 230 kilometres south of the city of Kerman, and 1,375 kilometres south of Tehran. Its population is 209,746.In the past it was also called Sabzewaran, and on account of it being very fertile land it is famous as Hend-e-Koochak (the little India). Image File history File links Jiroft. ... Kerman is one of the 30 provinces of Iran. ... Image:Kirman. ... Tehran (IPA: ; Persian: تهران Tehrān), population (as of 2006) 7,354,000 (metropolitan: 12,651,000), and a land area of 658 square kilometres (254 sq mi), is the capital city of Iran (Persia) and the center of Tehran Province. ...

Jiroft is located in a vast plain, Halil Rud, on the southern outskirts of the Bariz mountain chain, surrounded by two rivers. The mean elevation of the city is about 650 m above sea level. The weather of the city is very warm in summer and moderate temperature in winter, but it is cold in the highlands of the Bariz mountain, Sardu, Dalfard and Esfandegheh.

The remains of the old town of Jiroft are now only a kilometre away from the current city. The name "Jiroft" has recently become well known in archeological circles, since Iran's Cultural Organisation announced the discovery of a millennia-old city buried near Jiroft (Jiroft civilization and Jiroft Kingdom). // The Jiroft Kingdom or Jiroft Civilization (تمدن جيرفت) was an ancient civilization that existed in what is now Iran from roughly 3000 BCE to? BCE. Research into this civilization is a relatively recent and ongoing multinational archaeological project that aims to uncover an unknown civilization in a series of newly discovered sites... The Jiroft Kingdom or Jiroft Civilization (تمدن جيرفت) is a relatively recent and ongoing multinational archeological project that aims to uncover an unknown civilization in a series of newly discovered sites in Irans Kerman Province, located at 28° 48 N latitude and 57° 46 E Longitude, known as Jiroft or Halilrud...

See also

• Jiroft Kingdom
• Jiroft Inscription, Oldest Evidence of Written Language
• Jiroft, important trade center in ancient Iran
• New studies show Jiroft was ancient trade link

The Jiroft Kingdom or Jiroft Civilization (تمدن جيرفت) is a relatively recent and ongoing multinational archeological project that aims to uncover an unknown civilization in a series of newly discovered sites in Irans Kerman Province, located at 28° 48 N latitude and 57° 46 E Longitude, known as Jiroft or Halilrud...

External links

• Ancient Lifeways, Hidden Cultures

Coordinates: 28°40′13″N, 57°44′13″E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...