In Persian (Farsi),"khor" means "sun" and "san" means "the place", "the dwelling". Khorasan province which is located in the north east of Iran (place where the sun rises), is the largest province of the country and includes one fifth of the country's area .
The townships of this province are:Taibad,Torbat-e-Jam,Torbat-e-eydarieh,Chenaran, Khaf, Daregaz, Fariman, Ghoochan, Kashmar, Gonabad, Mashhad , Neyshabour, Khalilabad, Roshtkhar, Sarakhs, sabzevar, Mahvelat, Kalat and Bardaskan .
photo:Imam Reza Shrine, Nader Shah museum, Ferdowsi (Mashhad)