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City in Semnan province, Iran

# Sorkheh

Sorkheh, whose name is often interpreted as “The Red One,” is a city in the Central District of Sorkheh County, Semnan province, Iran, serving as the capital of the county.

![Sorkheh](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/%D9%BE%D9%84_%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%AE%D8%AF%D9%87_2.jpg/1920px-%D9%BE%D9%84_%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%AE%D8%AF%D9%87_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

Sorkheh · Nimaelf92

The place

Sorkheh, whose name is often interpreted as “The Red One,” is a city in the Central District of Sorkheh County, Semnan province, Iran, serving as the capital of the county. Sorkheh was the capital of Sorkheh District until its capital was transferred to the village of Lasjerd when the district was renamed the Central District in 2021.

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

Go there

## Getting to Sorkheh

**Airports:** Mehrabad (THR), 173 km · Imam Khomeini (IKA), 186 km · Payam (PYK), 218 km\

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

Not yet researched

## No local-transport research exists yet for Sorkheh

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 Sorkheh. 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. [Sheki (Şəki)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/sheki) AZ 10 ways of moving, 46 sources 826 km
2. [Yeghegnadzor and the Vayots Dzor valley](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/yeghegnadzor) AM 9 ways of moving, 32 sources 842 km
3. [Gyumri](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gyumri) AM 12 ways of moving, 47 sources 1,010 km
4. [Gori](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gori) GE 10 ways of moving, 16 sources 1,071 km
5. [Vardzia and the Javakheti plateau](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vardzia) GE 12 ways of moving, 57 sources 1,085 km

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

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