Images Of  Yazd Area ...................72,342 square Kilometers  Population ........ 717,147 census 1370     Capital .................... Yazd  Elevation ................. 1,215 meter  Annual rain ........... 10 centimeter Population .............. 282,751 census 1370      Yazd is located in the central part of Iran.  For many it is an oasis in the middle of  the harsh desert. Yazd is one of Persia's oldest cities.  Marco Polo visited Yazd in 1250 A.C. and wrote about it.  Many of the people in Yazd are practicing Zoroastrians.

   

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