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City (1991 pop. 75,131), capital of Semnan prov., N Iran. It is the trade and transportation center of a fertile agricultural region. Manufactures of the city include textiles, carpets, and fruit. Semnan was destroyed by the Oghuz Turks (1036) and by the Mongols ...

a city in northern Iran, in the chief governorate of Semnan; situated in the southeastern foothills of the Elburz Mountains, on the highway and railroad linking Meshed and Tehran. Population, 32,000 (1975). Sugar is refined in Shahrud, which is the center of a viticultural and ...