Kharv
city in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
Kharv (Persian: خرو) is a city in, and the capital of, the Central District in Zeberkhan County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran.
History
In 1991, the villages of Kharv-e Olya (خرو علیا), Kharv-e Sofla (خرو سفلی), and Shahrak-e Reza (شهرک رضا) were merged to form the new village of Kharvin (خروین), which was converted to a city and renamed Kharv in 1999.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 11,931 in 3,181 households, when it was in the former Zeberkhan District of Nishapur County. The following census in 2011 counted 14,115 people in 4,310 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 13,535 people in 4,374 households.
In 2020, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Zeberkhan County, and Kharv was transferred to the new Central District as its capital.
The public source identifies “Kharv” as city in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Kharv, city and Razavi.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1771096. Authority coordinates are 36.169, 59.051. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1991, 1999, 2006 and 2011.
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This entry incorporates text from “Kharv” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.