Raz (Persian: راز)[a] is a city in the Central District of Raz and Jargalan County, North Khorasan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.

[4] At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 4,735 in 1,282 households, when it was in the former Raz and Jargalan District of Bojnord County.

[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 5,029 people in 1,535 households,[2] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Raz and Jargalan County.

Raz was transferred to the new Central District as the county's capital.

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