Jajarm

For the administrative division of North Khorasan province, see Jajrom County.

Jajarm Persian: جاجرم
City
Panoramic view of Jajarm from Narin Qaleh
Jajarm
Coordinates: 36°57′00″N 56°22′48″E / 36.95000°N 56.38000°E / 36.95000; 56.38000[1][2]
City	Iran
Province	North Khorasan
County	Jajarm
District	Central
Elevation	1,000 m (3,300 ft)
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	19,580
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Jajarm (Persian: جاجرم)^[a] is a city in the Central District of Jajarm, North Khorasan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.^[5]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, Jajarm had been joined with Garmeh since 1998 as the city of Garmeh-ye Jajarm, whose population was 24,368 in 6,332 households.^[6] The following census in 2011 counted 18,547 people in 4,985 households for the city of Jajarm,^[7] which had been separated from Garmeh-ye Jajarm as an independent unit once more.^[8] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 19,580 people in 5,616 households.^[3]

Because of several historical and archeological sites, Jajrom is one of the most attractive cities in North Khorasan province. The city is placed on the border of Central Desert of Iran and has unique vegetation. Jajrom is also known for its wildlife refuge in which Iranian cheetahs live. The city has several bauxite mines and a plant is producing alumina from bauxite.

Historical sites

The region of northeastern Iran has not been explored archaeologically until recently, but now a lot of work is being done. Archaeological fieldwork in North Khorassan has already shown the richness of prehistoric cultures in the region.

Tepe Pahlavan

Tepe Pahlavan (Tappeh Pahlavan) is a prehistoric site near Jajrom. It is a large Neolithic-Chalcolithic craft production site, located between the Alborz Mountains in the north, and the vast desert of Dasht-e Khavir in the south.^[9]

In 2014, an Iranian-German team carried out the first systematic excavations at Tappe Pahlavan.^[10]

The upper settlement horizon has been dated to the early sixth millennium BC. These are the earliest dates so far for the ceramic Neolithic period in Northeast Iran. The connections with the contemporary sites in Northeast Iran are evident, but also with the sites in Kopet Dag, 200 km to the east.

The ceramics are similar to the Cheshmeh Ali type. The Cheshmeh Ali cultural complex generally defines a Transitional Chalcolithic on the Iranian Central Plateau dating between 5500 and 4800 BC. Yet the radiocarbon dates at Pahlavan precede this period by 500 years. So Cheshmeh Ali type ceramics here may be a unique early local development.

The Jeitun ceramics, very common in Northeast Iran and southern Turkmenistan, are not found in Pahlavan. There is also very little evidence of agricultural activities here. Rather, this settlement seems to have been mostly occupied with bead production, processing the local semi-precious stone deposits.^[10]

Jorbat

Petroglyphic site of Jorbat (This area is locally known as Sang Neveshteh or the "inscribed stone") to the north of the plain of Jajrom is one of the largest rock-art complexes of Iran. Ranging from late Bronze Age to the ethnographic period, the rock art imagery of Jorbat has close parallels both in petroglyphic sites of the Central plateau of Iran and the Central Asian steppes.^[11]

See also

Iran portal

Notes

1. Also romanized as Jājarm and Jājrom^[4]

References

1. OpenStreetMap contributors (26 October 2024). "میدان ولیعصر [Meydan-e Vali-ye Asr], Jajrom, بخش مرکزی شهرستان جاجرم [Central District of Jajrom County], Jajrom County, North Khorasan Province, 94418-47856, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 26 October 2024.
2. "W9XH+XXX Jajarm, North Khorasan Province, Iran" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
3. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان خراسان شمالی [General Population and Housing Census 2016: North Khorasan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
4. Jajarm can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3067531" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
5. Habibi, Hassan (27 April 1997) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1376/02/07 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ‌ایجاد و تأسیس بخش دشت کوه به مرکزیت روستای شقان و شهرستان جاجرم در استان خراسان [Creation and establishment of the Dasht-e Kuh District centered on Shuqan village and Jajrom County in Khorasan province]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. شناسه [ID] 2C4C5487-8D04-417C-864A-9AED8E5088A4. شماره دوره [Course number] 76, شماره جلد [Volume number] 255. Archived from the original on 11 January 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
6. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان خراسان شمالی [General Population and Housing Census 2006: North Khorasan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
7. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان خراسان شمالی [General Population and Housing Census 2011: North Khorasan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 19 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
8. Davoodi, Parviz (19 October 2008) [مصوب (Approved) 1387,07,28 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تغييرات و اصلاحات تقسيماتي در استان خراسان شمالي [‌Divisional changes and reforms in North Khorasan province]. سامانه ملی قوانین و مقررات [National System of Laws and Regulations] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. پيشنهاد شماره [Proposal Number] 1/4/42/91526. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2026.
9. VAHDATI, Ali A., TEPE PAHLAVAN: A NEOLITHIC-CHALCOLITHIC SITE IN THE JAJARM PLAIN, NORTH-EASTERN IRAN Iranica Antiqua; 2010, Vol. 45, p7
10. KHARANAGHI, M. Hossein Azizi, THOMALSKY, Judith, KHANIPOOR, Morteza, JAFARI, M. Javad (2016), Archaeological Research at Tappeh Pahlavan, North Khorasan Province (Northeastern Iran); Report on the 2014 Season. Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Volume: 53 Pages: 59-79. At academia.edu
11. A.A. VAHDATI (2012), A Preliminary Report on a newly discovered Petroglyphic Complex near Jorbat, the Plain of Jajarm, North-eastern Iran. Paléorient, vol. 37.2, p. 177-187 - academia.edu

Sources

• Jajarm at GEOnet Names Server
• اطلس گیتاشناسی استان‌های ایران [Atlas Gitashenasi Ostanhai Iran] (Gitashenasi Province Atlas of Iran)