Borujerd

Borujerd
Borujerd [bôr΄ə jerd′]
city in WC Iran: pop. 201,000

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Iran
also spelled  Burūjird, or Barūjird,  

      chief town, Borūjerd shahrestān (county), Lorestān ostān (province), western Iran. Borūjerd is situated 5,500 feet (1,700 metres) above sea level, below high mountains, in a wide, fertile valley. It is a flourishing regional centre on the main highway from the Persian Gulf and Khūzestān to Tehrān; it is connected by roads with Hamadān and Kermānshāhān ostāns. The district has many traces of ancient settlement in the form of tappehs, or mounds. Pop. (2006) 229,541.

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