Quchan

Quchan (Persian: قوچان, also Romanized as Qūchān, Quĉān, Quçan and Gochan) is a city in and capital of Quchan County, in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. It is located due south of the border city of Ashgabat. At the 2006 census, its population was 96,953, in 25,066 families. Quchan consists of three main ethnic groups: Persian, Kurdish, and Turkic. Quchan (also Ghoochan and Quĉān) is in the north-east of Iran in Razavi Khorasan Province at an elevation of 1,149 meters above sea level north of the Shah Jahan Mountains. It is located south of the border with Turkmenistan. Quchan is connected by road to Mashhad, 125 km southeast and Turkmenistan, 100 km north. Quchan has suffered from many earthquakes, and the town was relocated 13 east of...