Feyzabad, Razavi Khorasan

Feyzabad (Persian: فيض آباد, also Romanized as Feyẕābād, Faizābād, and Feyzābād)[3] is a city in, and the capital of, the Central District of Mahvelat County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran, and also serves as capital of the county. It is located about 200 km from Mashhad.[4]

For other places with a similar name, see Faizabad.

Feyzabad
Persian: فيض آباد
City
Feyzabad is located in Iran
Feyzabad
Feyzabad
Coordinates: 35°01′06″N 58°47′02″E[1]
CountryIran
ProvinceRazavi Khorasan
CountyMahvelat
DistrictCentral
Government
 • MayorMortaza Raeisi
Area
 • Total3,256 km2 (1,257 sq mi)
Elevation
940 m (3,083 ft)
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total18,120
 • Density5.6/km2 (14/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
Area code+9851-5672
Websitewww.feyzabad.ir
Feyzabad, Razavi Khorasan at GEOnet Names Server

At the 2006 census, its population was 14,721 in 3,827 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 16,253 people in 4,563 households.[6] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 18,120 people in 5,496 households.[2]

Industry

In the field of industry, the city has an industrial area with all the necessary infrastructure for investment, which has a total area of 106 hectares and has an operational phase and 2 active industrial units.[7]

The most important industrial and mining units of the city are 6 mines, which mainly have products of industrial soil, carcass stone and gypsum, which have an annual extraction rate of 25 to 30 thousand tons.

Regarding the processing of Mehwalat pistachio, which is processed in the same city, Mehwalat has 41 pistachio recording terminals with 55 processing lines, which employ 70 to 80 workers per day in each working season, which is 55 thousand tons per year. Pistachios are processed.

There are 15 active workshops and handicrafts in the city, of which there are currently 15 carpet weaving workshops, 5 carpet weaving units, 6 carpet weaving units, 2 kilim weaving units and 2 mosaic work units in the city, which have more than 220 licenses so far. Household jobs are also exported.

In the field of cooperatives, considering that cooperatives are one of the successful economic and social models in the world, he said: "Currently, there are more than 50 active cooperatives with 600 members in Mahvelat."

The economy of Mahwalat city is based on agriculture, so that the agricultural sector has 70%, services 20% and industry 7.5%

Mehvalat city is the largest orchard city in Khorasan Razavi province, so that it has the first place in the area under cultivation and production of two important and strategic products, pistachio and pomegranate in the region.[8]

Economic characteristics

The capabilities of Mahvelat city in the field of agriculture and animal husbandry are of special importance as with 42558 hectares of land under cultivation of horticultural and agricultural products is one of the agricultural hubs of the province and the country,And this city with 5250 hectares of fertile pistachio orchards and production of 8995 tons of dried pistachios and 42% of pistachios in the province and 1695 hectares of pomegranate orchards and production of 28035 tons of pomegranates and 32% of pomegranates in the province has the first place of production of these two products in the province. Cotton cultivated lands account for 9% of the province's cotton.[7]

Cultivation in Mehvelat as 22,000 hectares and the average annual production as 100 to 110,000 tons. Of this amount, 22,000 tons of dried pistachios are processed and sent to consumer markets.

Commodity Exchange

Pistachio Commodity Exchange

In this exchange, hazelnut pistachio, which is a first-class product and the so-called "thirty, thirty-two" pistachios will be offered with a capacity of one hundred tons.[9]

Diba Pistachio Company has a standard warehouse with a capacity of about 7,000 tons. In the first stage, a warehouse with a capacity of 100 tons for accepting standard products from farmers in Khorasan region in the commodity exchange has been accepted and the symbol of this warehouse has been inserted.

Regarding the entry of pistachios in the stock market, there is an advantage that the United States is the reference for pistachio prices in world markets, but the Iranian stock price index can also be a reliable source for determining international prices. The area under pistachio cultivation in Khorasan region is increasing due to the tariffs imposed on the import of American agricultural goods to China.

Some pistachio market participants have renamed Faizabad, California.[10]

Notable people

Iranian Cleric Abu al-Qasim Yaqoubi is from the area.

References
  1. OpenStreetMap contributors (3 May 2023). "Feyzabad, Mahvelat County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  2. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 09. Archived from the original (Excel) on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. Feyzabad, Razavi Khorasan can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3062979" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  4. "وب سایت شهرداری و شورای اسلامی فیض آباد – شهرداری و شورای اسلامی فیض آباد". feyzabad.ir. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  5. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 09. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  6. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)" (Excel). Iran Data Portal (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 09. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  7. Khorasan
  8. "Mahwalat County The largest garden city - Mahvelat Governorate". dana news.
  9. "بورس کالای پسته مه ولات راه اندازی شد". 11 November 2019.
  10. "فیض آباد تربت حیدریه کالیفرنیایی دیگر". پایگاه اطلاع رسانی کالاخبر. 4 December 2019.
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