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Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Area handbook for Iran Harvey H. Smith, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington D.C., 1971
 * Biggest Cities In Iran at WorldAtlas
 * Cities in Iran by province at Wikipedia
 * Demographics of Iran at Wikipedia
 * Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Iran at FallingRain
 * Facts and figures about Iran at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Iran at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer of Iran: names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names V.1 United States Board on Geographic Names, United States. Defense Mapping Agency, 1984
 * Gazetteer of Iran: names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names V.2 United States Board on Geographic Names, United States. Defense Mapping Agency, 1984
 * Iran - 10 Largest Cities at GeoNames
 * Iran Cities Database at SimpleMaps
 * Iran Factbook at CIA The World Factbook
 * Iran: official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names United States. Board on Geographic Names, FamilySearch International, 1956
 * Iran: Provinces, Counties, Cities, Towns, Municipal Districts at City Population
 * List of Iran Locations at GeoNames
 * Longest Rivers In Iran at WorldAtlas
 * Maps Of Iran at WorldAtlas
 * Mountains in Iran at Wikipedia
 * Outline of Iran at Wikipedia
 * Religion in Iran at Wikipedia
 * Religious Beliefs And Freedoms In Iran at WorldAtlas
 * Rivers of Iran at Wikipedia
 * Schools in Iran at Wikipedia
 * Universities in Iran at Wikipedia

Print Only Gazetteers

 * Historical gazetteer of Iran Ludwig W. Adamec, Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, Graz, Austria, 1976

Why Use Gazetteers
A gazetteer is a dictionary of place-names. Gazetteers list or describe towns and villages, parishes, states, populations, rivers and mountains, and other geographical features. They usually include only the names of places that existed at the time the gazetteer was published. Within a specific geographical area, the place-names are listed in alphabetical order, similar to a dictionary. You can use a gazetteer to locate the places where your family lived and to determine the civil and religious jurisdictions over those places.

There are many places within a country with similar or identical place-names. You will need to use a gazetteer to identify the specific town where your ancestor lived, the state the town was or is in, and the jurisdictions where records about the person was kept.

Gazetteer Contents
Gazetteers may also provide additional information about towns, such as:
 * Different religious denominations
 * Schools, colleges, and universities
 * Major manufacturers, canals, docks, and railroad stations
 * The population size.
 * Boundaries of civil jurisdiction.
 * Ecclesiastical jurisdiction(s)
 * Longitude and latitude.
 * Distances and direction from other from cities.
 * Schools, colleges, and universities.
 * Denominations and number of churches.
 * Historical and biographical information on some individuals (usually high-ranking or famous individuals)