Tabas طبس
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Tabas
Coordinates: 33°35′45″N 56°55′28″E / 33.59583°N 56.92444°E / 33.59583; 56.92444Coordinates: 33°35′45″N 56°55′28″E / 33.59583°N 56.92444°E / 33.59583; 56.92444
Country	Iran
Province	Yazd
County	Tabas
Bakhsh	Central
Elevation	667 m (2,188 ft)
Population (2006)
• Total	30,681
	2006 Census
Time zone	IRST (UTC+3:30)
• Summer (DST)	IRDST (UTC+4:30)

Tabas (Persian: طبس‎, also Romanized as Ţabas; formerly, Golshan or Gulshan)^[1] is a city in and capital of Tabas County, Yazd Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 30,681, in 7,962 families.^[2]

Tabas is located in central Iran, 950 kilometers southeast of Tehran, in Yazd Province. Formerly it was part of the Khorasan province. It is a desert city with lots of date and citrus trees. It has a public garden, (Baghe-golshan), 300 years old, that has beautiful water fountains. It has a railroad station, airport and two universities. The city has hot summers and people rarely see a winter snowfall. It was near Tabas that the United States rescue operation called Operation Eagle Claw failed, because of mechanical breakdowns to the aircraft involved.

Tabas was also stricken by a destructive earthquake on September 16, 1978 that left around 22000 dead. The earthquake was measured between 7.5 and 7.9 on the Richter scale. Since then, the city has been rebuilt with many new streets, parks and public buildings.

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Tabas or Tabas-e-Golshan is a city in Central Iran, currently a city in the Province of Yazd, but for centuries part of Khorasan province. The suffix, Golshan, was used in the past to distinguish it from other places called, Tabas, like Tabas Messinan, near Birjand. It is 550 km southwest of Mashhad, 950 km southeast of Tehran, and the seat of the county of the same name. The county is composed of Tabas and smaller towns of Korit, Dastgerdan and Dihouk.

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: The city has a population of 31000 and the county's population is around 70,000.: The city is known for its warm climate, fruit trees, public garden (Baghe-Golshan) and the shrine of Imam Reza's brother, Hosein-Ibn-Mousa-Alkazem who is buried there. It also has two universities, an airport with flights to Tehran and Mashahd and railraods to Mashhad, Bafgh ,Isfahan and Tehran. It was stricken by a devastating earthquake on September 16, 1978, during which 22000 people died in the Tabas and its vicinities. The city has been rebuilit since with many new streets and boulevards. Tabas is also where the US attempt for rescuing American hostages failed and also the place whre RQ 170 reconnaissance plane was brought down.The people of Tabas speak original Farsi that accoridng to some experts is the way persian people spoke centuries ago. The dialect sounds different from the original Farsi but is it understood by everybody in Iran.