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Damghan

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Damghan (Persian: دامغان, Dāmghān) is a city in Semnan Province, Iran, 342 kilometres (213 mi) from Tehran. It has grown from a population of 34,057 (1986) to an estimated 72,098 (2007). It is famous for its pistachios.

Damghan was an important city in the Middle Ages, capital of the province of Qumis (Qoomes). However few remnants of that time remain: only the ruined Tari-khaneh mosque with a number of massive columns and a few wood carvings and two minarets of the 11th century. A few miles south southwest of the city, are the remains of Hecatompylos, extending from Frat, 26 kilometres (16 mi) south of Damghan, to nearly 32 kilometres (20 mi) west. Damghan was destroyed by the Afghans in 1723. On an eminence in the western part of the city are the ruins of a large square citadel with a small white-washed building, called Molud Khaneh (the house of birth), in which Fath Ali Shah was born (1772). The Tari Khaneh (cA. 9th century), Possibly the oldest known mosque in Iran still stands in the city.

In the southeast of city there is ruin of a castle from Sassanids and now called Tappeh Hessar which it thought to be a garrison. After excavation in 1996, archeologists announced that the area ruins indicated 3 layers from 3 different eras. The eldest one dates back to 4000 BCE when the Aryans settled in the Iranian plateau.
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Coordinates:   36°9'57"N   54°20'13"E

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  • yaren11
    من خودم تو سال 83 تو دانشگاه آراد دامغان میکروبیولوژی میخواندم. عجب خراب شده بود . با اون باد شدید مزخرفش. وقتی میخواستی از ساختمان فنی به دانشکده ادبیات بری باد اونقد شدید بود. باد آدمو میبرد وحشت ناک بود بیچاره دخترا موقع رد شدن از اون مسیر محکم مقنعه هاشون میگرفتن که باد مقنعه رو نبره . بعد 9 ماه دانشگاه آزاد دامغان ول کردم رفتم مجدد کنکور دادم و از دانشگاه آزاد زنجان تو همون رشته خودم میکوبیولوژی قبول شدم و واحدایی که تو دانشگاه آزاد دامغان پاس کرده بودم انتقال دادم زنجان آزاد. واقعا شهر مزخرم با آدمای مزخرف و بی فرهنگ داشت. الان فکر میکنم. یادم میاد دوست شاهرودیم میگفت ما به دامغانی های کوسخول میگیم..> ( بادوک .).. راست میگفت. دامغانی ها واقعا بادوک بودن و با اون تکیه ابالفضل یه مشت آدم مغز گوسفندی عقب مونده... واللا
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