Khour, Iran

Khour is a City in FARS State in IRAN.

Overview

As of 2001 Iran census [GR|IRAN] , Khour is a 400 years old city located in southern part of Fars province. People of Khour speak Khoury language (Local Language which is also called "Achomi") and Farsi (Persian). In term of the geographical situation, the city is 300 km away from Shiraz. Moreover, Khour has a population of roughly 10,000.

Demographics

Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Khour has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 62%. In Khour, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age. In term of Religion, 100% percent of people are Muslim Sonnies. Most of the men are either self-employed or employees in Gulf Countries such as, United Arab Emirates, Qatar and so on.

In order to get more information about city of KHOUR you can use Google EARTH software or even Google maps and apply the keyword " KHOOR " so you would be able to have a virtual tour to Khour through Google Earth, also you can use this link: [http://www.google.com/maps?t=k&ie=UTF8&ll=27.643998,54.346318&spn=0.015891,0.040169&z=15]

External links

* The Text is Modified by Abdolsallam Mehravaran.

* [http://www.khour.ir Khour website ]

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