Yush, Mazandaran

Yush يوش
village
Tomb of Nima Yushij in Yush
Yush
Coordinates: 36°11′31″N 51°43′25″E / 36.19194°N 51.72361°E / 36.19194; 51.72361Coordinates: 36°11′31″N 51°43′25″E / 36.19194°N 51.72361°E / 36.19194; 51.72361
Country	Iran
Province	Mazandaran
County	Nur
Bakhsh	Baladeh
Rural District	Sheykh Fazlolah-e Nuri
Population (2006)
• Total	154
Time zone	IRST (UTC+3:30)
• Summer (DST)	IRDT (UTC+4:30)

Yush (Persian: يوش‎, also Romanized as Yūsh) is a village in Sheykh Fazlolah-e Nuri Rural District, Baladeh District, Nur County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 154, in 57 families.

Yush lies in the Alborz Mountains and is known as the birthplace of Nima Yooshij, an influential contemporary poet and the father of the new-era poem in Iran.

On 28 May 2004 at 17:08 local time (12:38 UTC), it was the epicentre of the 6.3 M_wMazandaran-Qazvin earthquake, which left 35 dead and 400 injured.