Damghan

Damghan (Persian: دامغان‎, also Romanized as Dāmghān((afhgan)) is a city in and capital of Damghan County, Semnan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 57,331, in 15,849 families. Damghan is situated 342 kilometres (213 mi) from Tehran on the high-road to Mashad, at an elevation of 1,250 m (4,101 ft). The city trades in pistachios and paper almonds (kaghazi), with very thin shells, which are famous throughout the country. Damghan was an important city in the Middle Ages, and was the capital of the province of Qumis (Qoomes), but was destroyed by the Afghans in 1723. Few remnants of that time remain, such as the ruined Tari-khaneh mosque with a number of massive columns and wood carvings and two minarets of the 11th...