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Category: Culture
Performance to
Category KPI Result SDG
Benchmark
Cultural Expenditure 0.09 %
Cultural Infrastructure 58.62 No benchmark available
(per 100 000 inhabitants)
Mashhad, as the centre of religious pilgrimage in the Islamic Republic of Iran, is blessed with a
significant cultural infrastructure, the most significant being the Imam Reza shrine. Mashhad is also
home to one of the oldest libraries in the region, the Central Library of Astan Quds Razav.
As Mashhad city is the main tourist destination in the Islamic Republic of Iran, it is recommended
that the city planners continue to invest in the maintenance and upkeep of the city’s cultural and
religious heritage, in particular the Imam Reza Holy Complex, which has been submitted for listing
as a world heritage site.
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