Natanz
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Natanz Natanz or (Persian نطنز ) is a city in the middle of dry land of Iran, in the province of Esfahan, about 225 km south-southeast of Tehran. In the oases fruit is grown, most notably the pears throughout Iran are in high demand.
City
The city has about 11,000 residents and the district of the same name nearly 47,000. It lies on the eastern flank of the Kuhrud Mountains, about one-third of the way between the salt lake Namak and the city Esfahan, to whose province it belongs. Your most important link is the southeast extending highway Qom - Kashan - Isfahan, while the railway line about 10 km east runs the rail hub of the oasis town of Bad (Iran ) (33 ° 42 'N, 52 ° 1' O33.69416666666752.008888888889 ).
The district town of Kashan is located about 40 km north-west. Throughout the region there are shrines, such as the tomb of the Sufi Sheikh Abd al- Samad al - Isfahani, the it has from 1304 his pupil, the vizier of Ilkhans Zain al-Din Mastari built.
Some of the peaks of the 700km Kuhrud Mountains are only 10-20 km away from the city; its highest is the Kuh-e carcass ( 3896 m). There is 330 BC, Darius III. , The last great king of the dynasty of the Achaemenids, have been killed. The history, however, locates the place where Darius III. , was killed by his relatives, the satrap Bessus, near Ahevanu (35 ° 46 'N, 53 ° 44' O35.76666666666753.733333333333 ) in the province of Semnan, far east and north as Natanz. The Kuhrud mountain ranges contribute as well as the western running Zagros Mountains to the dry climate of the region.
Since the construction of the nearby uranium enrichment plant, the population has increased and land prices have increased five-fold. However, one fears for tourism. The new areas are to be located on the west side of the plant facing away from the city.
Climate
Environment
Abyaneh
The oasis village Abyaneh (33 ° 35 'N, 51 ° 36' O33.5951.602777777778 ) located south east of Natanz in the flank of the Kuh-e carcass. The houses extend stepped up the steep mountainside. Because they are made of mud bricks, which were made from the red soil of the area is the Red Abyaneh village called. It is a popular summer resort for residents of Tehran and is visited by many tour groups. Until the introduction of Twelver Shia as the state religion by the Safavid Shah Ismail I, it was predominantly inhabited by followers of the ancient Persian Zoroastrian faith.
Although many residents then emigrated to India or Yazd, still practices as fashions in dress have ( the women wear colorful clothes instead of prevailing in Iran black) and even the old dialect receive. The main road leads through the ruins of a former Zoroastrian fire temple. On the mountains around the village there are more ruins of Zoroastrian buildings and a fort dating back to the Ilkhans.
Komshecheh Mine
In a mountainous region about 30 km to the east is the Komshecheh Mine (33 ° 14 '0 "N, 52 ° 3' 0" O33.23333333333352.05 ), an important site for the minerals fluorite and barite (river and barite ). The former is particularly well crystallized in a saddle-like fold of a large limestone and dolomite formation. Quantitatively, the barite mining of greater economic importance.
Nuclear plant
The town became internationally primarily by the nearby underground nuclear facility at Natanz uranium enrichment known ( 33 ° 43 ' 29 " N, 51 ° 43' 29" O33.72472222222251.724722222222 ), which was discovered in 2002 in the wake of nuclear IAEA inspections (see Iran's nuclear program).