Khash (Persian: خاش (Xāŝ), also Romanized as Khāsh, Kavash, and Kwāsh; also known as Vāsht)[2] is a city in and the capital of Khash County, in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 56,683, in 10,176 families.[3]

Khash خاش (Xāŝ)
City
Khash
Coordinates: 28°13′16″N 61°12′57″E
Country	Iran
Province	Sistan and Baluchestan
County	Khash
District	Central
Population  (2016 Census)
• Total	56,584 [1]
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

The overwhelming majority of the city's inhabitants are ethnic Baloch who speak the Balochi language, and Persians who speak a variant of the Persian language known as Sistani or Seistani which is very similar to Dari, also known as Afghan Persian. It is located at an altitude of 1400 metres (4596 feet).[4]

On April 16, 2013, an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck the Iran-Pakistan border near Balochistan. The epicenter of the earthquake was at Khash.[5]

On 4 November 2022, security forces fired on protestors in Khash, with about 30 people killed or injured.[6] An entire commercial district was set on fire during the unrest.[6]

Khash also is the point of origin for the abnormally high incidence of Factor XIII deficiency, an extremely serious genetic bleeding disorder in Iran; it is more than 100 times more prevalent in Iran than anywhere else due to the high degree of consanguineous marriage.[7]

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  Heydar Abad Castle
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  Heydar Abad Castle

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[ru] Хаш (Иран)