Herat: facts

At a glance

• Country: Iran
• Region: Yazd Province
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 13,032
• Coordinates: 30.0541° N, 54.3729° E
• Time zone: Asia/Tehran (UTC+03:30)
• Currency: Rial (IRR)
• Distance to the capital, Tehran: 685 km (426 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Rafsanjan Airport (RJN): 163 km (102 mi), straight line
• Shiraz Shahid Dastghaib International Airport (SYZ): 181 km (113 mi), straight line
• Shahid Sadooghi Airport (AZD): 206 km (128 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Shahr-e Babak: 72 km (45 mi)
• Surian: 82 km (51 mi)
• Neyriz: 95 km (59 mi)
• Simakan: 98 km (61 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Sirjan, 143 km (89 mi)