Borujerd, city in western Iran located in the Zagros Mountains, in the province of Lorestan. The city has many small- and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises and serves as the commercial center for a fertile agricultural area. The city is connected by paved highway to the industrial center of Arak, 105 km (65 mi) to the northeast, and, via Arak, to Qom and Tehran beyond. Paved highways also link Borujerd to Esfahan in the east, the Lorestan provincial capital of Khorramabad in the southwest, Kermanshah (also Bakhtaran) in the west, and Hamadan in the northwest. The region around Borujerd is dotted with many mounds containing the ruins of ancient and medieval settlements; most of these sites have not been examined systematically by archaeologists. The city is notable for its mosque, whose dome dates from the Seljuk rule in the 11th and 12th centuries. Borujerd has been occupied since at least 600 BC and emerged as a small urban center by AD 1550. Population (1994) 212,056.
