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City in Kermanshah province, Iran

# Harsīn

Harsin is a city in the Central District of Harsin County, Kermanshah province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.

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Harsīn · soheilchehri

The place

Harsin is a city in the Central District of Harsin County, Kermanshah province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Harsin was founded in 550 BC.

Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harsin), CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

## Worth seeing in and around Harsīn

2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. Ganj Dareh Ganj Dareh is appended to the name) is a Neolithic settlement in western Iran. It is located in the Harsin County in east of Kermanshah Province, in the central Zagros Mountains. 9.6 km · Iranian national heritage site · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganj_Dareh)
2. Skill National University The National University of Skills formerly known as the Technical and Vocational University, is a state comprehensive university, affiliated to Ministry of Science Research and Technology of Iran. NUS headquarters is based in Tehran, Iran, and it manages more than 180 branches across the country. 2.4 km · university in Iran · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_University_of_Skill)

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

## Getting to Harsīn

- Tehran → Harsīn Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/tehran-to-harsin) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Tehran&to=Hars%C4%ABn)
- Karaj → Harsīn Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/karaj-to-harsin) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Karaj&to=Hars%C4%ABn)
- Ahvaz → Harsīn Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/ahvaz-to-harsin) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Ahvaz&to=Hars%C4%ABn)
- From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Hars%C4%ABn)

Not yet researched

## No local-transport research exists yet for Harsīn

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Harsīn. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done

1. [Yeghegnadzor and the Vayots Dzor valley](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/yeghegnadzor) AM 9 ways of moving, 32 sources 642 km
2. [Sheki (Şəki)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/sheki) AZ 10 ways of moving, 46 sources 772 km
3. [Gyumri](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gyumri) AM 12 ways of moving, 47 sources 796 km
4. [Vardzia and the Javakheti plateau](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vardzia) GE 12 ways of moving, 57 sources 876 km
5. [Gori](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gori) GE 10 ways of moving, 16 sources 910 km

If you know how people move in Harsīn – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Charsin&title=Hars%C4%ABn&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fharsin), and the note gets an entry.

Around it

## Next door to Harsīn

Harsīn is 48 km from [Kermanshah](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kermanshah), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

- [Deh-e Sanan](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/deh-e-sanan) village in Iran 7.3 km
- [Qomlijeh](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/qomlijeh) village in Iran 9.2 km
- [Elyasvand-e Sofla](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/elyasvand-e-sofla) village in Iran 9.4 km
- [Sanjabid-e Rayegan](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/sanjabid-e-rayegan) village in Iran 7.9 km
- [Posht-e Tang](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/posht-e-tang) village in Iran 8.7 km
- [Telih](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/telih) village in Iran 8.6 km

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