Yush, Mazandaran

Yush (Persian: یوش, also Romanized as Yūsh)^[1] is a village in Sheykh Fazlolah-e Nuri Rural District, Baladeh District, Nur County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 154, in 57 families.^[2]

Yush یوش
village
Tomb of Nima Yushij in Yush
Yush
Coordinates: 36°11′31″N 51°43′25″E
Country	Iran
Province	Mazandaran
County	Nur
Bakhsh	Baladeh
Rural District	Sheykh Fazlolah-e Nuri
Population  (2006)
• Total	154
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

Yush lies in the Alborz Mountains and is known as the birthplace of Nima Yooshij, an influential contemporary poet and the father of the new-era poem in Iran.

On 28 May 2004 at 17:08 local time (12:38 UTC), it was the epicentre of the 6.3 M_w  Mazandaran-Qazvin earthquake, which left 35 dead and 400 injured.

References

1. Yush can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3088697" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
2. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-09-20.

External links

• Emergency Field Assessment Mazandaran Earthquake May 30–31 – Natural Disaster Taskforce

• Iran portal