Mahmuei
Village in South Khorasan province, Iran / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mahmuei (Persian: مهموئی) is a village in Shakhenat Rural District of Shakhenat District, Birjand County, South Khorasan province, Iran.
Mahmuei
Persian: مهموئي | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 33°19′40″N 59°20′58″E[1] | |
Country | Iran |
Province | South Khorasan |
County | Birjand |
District | Shakhenat |
Rural District | Shakhenat |
Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 750 |
Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
According to legend, the first settlers named the village "Mahmûeî" because it was on open and flat ground. The word mahmuei is a derivation of the word mahmah which according to the Dehkhoda Dictionary means a flat plain.
Official statistics for Mahmuei in 1996 estimated a population of 695 people (185 houses and 223 families).[3] At the 2006 National Census, its population was 726 in 243 households, when it was in the Central District.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 860 people in 238 households.[5] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 750 people in 221 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.[2]
After the census, the rural district and Shakhen Rural District were separated from the Central District to establish Shakhenat District.[6]
The inhabitants are Shiite Muslims speaking a local dialect of Persian. Most of the population is engaged in agriculture. Major products of Mahmuei are saffron (Za`ferân) and barberry (Zereshk) that are cultivated for exporting. Beet and wheat are cultivated as well. Grapes, black plume, apricots, melons, watermelons, almonds and pistachios are produced for local use. Before 1950, opium was also cultivated. Prior to digging the first deep well about 1980s, dry farming was the only agricultural method. Today, in addition to a string of underground aqueducts (Qanât), there are two networks of piped water and 23 electric and diesel deep wells for field irrigation.
Modern facilities include an electricity network since 1986, health-care, telephone (just one line since 1996,tel: +98 056 2533 -3400), drinking water since 1998, unrefined piped water, asphalt roads, a rural cooperative, an Islamic council, elementary school and a boarding middle school.