Torbat-e Heydarieh

Torbat-e Heydarieh

Torbat-e Heydarieh (Persian: تربت حيدريه, also Romanized as Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh; also known as Torbat-e Heydari, Turbat-i-Haidari, Torbate Heydari, and Turbet-i-Haidari, and for short Torbat)[3] is a city in the Central District of Torbat-e Heydarieh County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[4] The closest major city to Torbat is Mashhad, 157 km away. At the 2006 census, its population was 119,360 in 31,869 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 131,150 people in 37,807 households.[6] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 140,019 people in 43,029 households.[2]