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About village :

Kookherd (Persian: بخش كوخرد) is a town and district in the Hormozgān Province in southern Iran.

Kookherd district is administratively following the city of Bastak (Bastak County شهرستان بستک) and has a number of sub-districts (dehestānدهستان).

It was a major trading center on the old caravan trading routes between the Persian Gulf and other cities in Iran. It had guest houses, or kārvānsarā where travelers could rest and recover from the day\'s journey.
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History :

Kookherd civilization goes back to ancient more than 2000 years old. Evidence of the ancient archeology includes some ancient monuments that have been found dating to the Sassanid dynasty approximately that was also discovered in Kookherd. This is in addition to having old tombs and having its unique architecture like the Windcatcher Bâdgir بادگیر Kookherd in Persian consists originally of two old Persian words: “koy كوي” and “kherd”. خرد In the لغت نامه Loghatnaameh Dictionary [2], “koy” means alive and \"kherd\" means reason which can be translated to \"The land of reason\". Local historical resources in Kookherd explain that the ancient name of Kookherd was known as Siba after the castle of Siba which was built about 500 BC in the civilization extended from south Arab peninsula to the land of Kookherd. Other resource explain that it goes back to Zoaroster tribe that came all the way from Armenia and settled in Kookherd and built a castle known as Siba.
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Location :

Kookherd is a district (Bakhsh بخش) located at the south western side of Iran in the Hormozgān Province, 155 Kilometers south of city of Lar and 45 kilometers from the city of Bastak. Mehran river flows through its northern parts.

A chain of mountains extend about 55 kilometers from east to west in northern parts of Kookherd forming a natural barrier that separates Koohkerd from other villages. One of the tallest mountains in Kookherd is Nakh (ناخ) raising about 800–900 meters above the sea level. This mountain chain also includes the highest peak, the Paletir (پلتير) mountain that reaches to 1022 meters and دسكDask 1380 meters.
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Temple / Church / Mosque/ Gurdwara :

Demography and Ethnicity

As of 2006, Kookherd has an estimated population of 13,660. The religion of Kookherd population is the Sunni branch of Islam, most Kookherdis are following the Shafi`i way of فقه Fiqh Sunni. (Persia has been applying Sunni Muslim as the official religion until the rule of the Safavid dynasty after Shah Ismael who adopted the Shiate as the official religion of their empire.[1] Although the majority of Iranians are Shiites Muslims but Iran is also includes minorities of Sunni Muslims.
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Contact Details :

Country: Iran, Province: Hormozgan, County: Bastak, District: Kookherd, ZIP Code: 79681 Area Code: 0764334, Email: Kookherd[at]Yahoo.com
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Features :

Kookherd in the Cambridge History of Iran

An early reference to Kookherd is dated to 1649, this is found in the Cambridge History of Iran,[1] Volume 6th:

Went north from Kung through Kuhkird, Bastak and Nimar, where it joined the main route at Lar, From the lesser Ports at Bandar Rig and Bandar Rishahr routes converged near Burazgan and the road to Shiraz Passed through Dalaki, Kazarun and the Dasht_i Arjan, These routes Were subject to extraordinary variations in climatic conditions, scorching heat when only traveling at night was bearable and Perishing cold when travel might be impossible, An English factor, Robert Loftus, noted in April 1628, I stayed in Digerdoo” Dihgirdu” six daies until….


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Bank ATM :

Kookherd Saderat Bank ATM

Near Palm square
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Tourist Places :

Historical Sites

Tomb of Shikh AbdulRahman -Kookherd

Terenah is a part of the remaining ruins from the Sassanian era in kookherd

Among ancient monuments that have been found in Kookherd are:

* Terenah:, (terenah ترنه ) the unique ancient methods of ancient Kookherd population have been using to transfer the sweet water from Mehran salty river to the other bank of the rive order to water their lands

* The castle of Siba which has been maintained until 1163-1192. But unfortunately was destroyed due to Earthquake in Kookherd and then the flood 1367 destroyed the rest of the castle remaining.

* Another monument is for the bazar of Siba.

* The castle of Aamaj.

* The castle of Towsila in Geri zamerdan valey.

* Siba Ancient bath-house – An ancient bath house that is believed dated back to the Sassanid dynasty.

* Islamic Monuments: Jamea Qhebla : مسجد جامع قبلة this mosque goes back to the ninth hijra century


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Other detail:

External links

* [1] Kookherd Website. http://kookherd.net/

* [2] Shah Ismaail of Iran Britannica.com http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/296081/Ismail-I

* [3] Kookherd Birds http://www.kookherdbirds.com/
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