Gerash

Gerash () is a city in the Central District of Gerash County, Fars province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Gerash
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.pushpin_map: Iran#Middle East2
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Iran
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_type3: District
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Fars
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Gerash
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Central
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Mahdi Halimi
Settlement.area_total_km2: 15.65
Settlement.elevation_m: 914
Settlement.population_total: 34469
Settlement.population_as_of: 2016
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto

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Wikidata facts

Official name: گراش
Population: 34469
Elevation: 923
Official website: gerash.ir
Image: Gerash 021.jpg
Dialing code: 071

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Commons category: Gerash
male population: 17565
female population: 16904

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Contents

History
Demographics
Language
Population
Attractions
Historical monuments
Water storage
Berke Kaal (Kal Pond)
Seven water storages [aab-anbaar] (Seven Ponds)
Tag-e-Av historical dam
Gerash Castle (Homayoun Dezh)
The House of Azimis, the Martyrs (Anthropology Museum of Gerash)
See also
Notes
References
External links

Gerash () is a city in the Central District of Gerash County, Fars province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.

==History== The people of Gerash were native Persians following the Zoroastrian faith before converting to Shia Islam in the 5th century of Hijrah (11th century AD) by Amir Mohi al-Din Ibn Amir Qotb al-Din Ibn Amir Rooh al-Din, a direct descendant of Muhammad, and an aide of Afeef-Addeen Al Musawi, to whom the conquest of certain areas in the South of Iran by Arab Muslim warriors is attributed.