Jiroft is a city in and the capital of Jiroft County

Jiroft County

Jiroft County is a county in Kerman Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Jiroft. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 181,300 in 38,307 families. The county is subdivided into three districts : the Central District, Sarduiyeh District, and Jebalbarez District...

, Kerman Province, Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

. At the 2006 census, its population was 95,031, in 19,926 families. It is located 230 kilometres (142.9 mi) south of the city of Kerman

Kerman

- Geological characteristics :For the Iranian paleontologists, Kerman has always been considered a fossil paradise. Finding new dinosaur footprints in 2005 has now revealed new hopes for paleontologists to better understand the history of this area.- Economy :...

, and 1375 kilometres (854.4 mi) south of Tehran

Tehran

Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...

 along Road 91

Road 91 (Iran)

Road 91 is a road in eastern and southern Iran. This road connects Razavi Kohorasan to Kerman, Bandarabbas and Jask....

. In the past it was also called Sabzevaran, and on account of its being very fertile land it is famous as Hend-e-Koochak (the little India).

Jiroft is located in a vast plain, Halil River

Halil River

Halīl River is a river stretching for some 390 km running in the Jiroft and Kahnuj districts of Kerman Province, Iran. It rises at 3,300 m, in the Hazar mountains about 100 km to the north-west of Jiroft, flowing to the south-west until it is joined by the Rudar and Rabar rivers...

, on the southern outskirts of the Jebal Barez

Jebal Barez

The Jebal Barez are a mountain chain in the Kerman Province of Iran.They stretch for some 100 km north-west to south-east, parallel to the Halil Rud, to the north-east of Jiroft and to the south-west of Bam, rising to a maximal elevation of 3,400 m....

 mountain chain, surrounded by two rivers.