The Role of Ethnic Structure in Bi-Polarization of commercial centers in city of Zahedan1

In the last few decades urban discipline and urbanization in zahedan, particularly since 1360,s (A.H) (according to the Muslim calendar), has witnessed some outstanding evolutions. Immigration to the city of zahedan, the extension of the mold of the city and emergence of the self-made quarters in the outskirt of the city on one hand and the intervening policies of the city builders in the texture of the city on the other hand has fueled these evolutions . Having a common border with Afghanestan, Pakestan and Arabic countries and import of foreign commodities from these countries have dramatically changed the texture of this city to the extent that away from the central part of the city, which was the core and the center of gravity for the exchanges and relationships and the main trade center, a new commercial pole as the second pole emerged in the Rasuli crossroads, which had an accelerating rate of growth with respect to the market place. The present essay has analyzed the role of the commercial and ethnic structure as well as the mold related evolutions in the bi-polarization of the commercial centers of the city of Zahedan. It aims at studying the emergence and evolutions of the commercial sectors of the city of Zahedan.