General Information About Urmia Urmia is the largest city in West Azerbaijan Province of Iran and the capital of Urmia County. It is situated at an altitude of 1,330 metres (4,360 ft) above sea level, and is located along the Shahar Chay river (City River) on the Urmia Plain. Lake Urmia, one of the world’s […]
General Information About Ahvaz Located on the Karun River, Ahvaz developed as a flourishing pre-Islamic city, and it became the capital of the province of Khuzistan in the late tenth century. Its silk textile and sugar production were very important. Ahvaz declined after the Mongol invasions. History and Culture Ahvaz is the anagram of “Avaz” […]
General Information About Qom The city of Qom (also Qum), 92 miles (148 km) south of Tehran, is, after Mashhad (the burial place of the eighth Shiʿite imam, Ali Reza), the second most important shrine town in Iran. The sister of Imam Reza, Hazrat-e Fatima, is buried in Qom. The city was a winter capital […]
General Information About Mashhad Mashhad is the second most populous city in Iran and capital of Razavi Khorasan Province. It is located in the northeast of the country, close to the borders of Turkmenistan and Afghanistan. Its population was 2,749,374 at the 2011 census and its built-up (or metro) area was home to 2,782,976 inhabitants […]
General information about BandarAbbas Bandar Abbas is a bustling port city that was founded by Shah Abbas I. Located strategically; this city is the capital of Hormozgan Province and overlooks the Strait of Hormoz. Though its market is one of the main attractions, you will find many other natural attractions in the vicinity of the […]
General Information About Yazd Yazd is one of the oldest cities of the world with a history of over 5,000 years which has remained intact throughout the centuries. It is located in central Iran with a population of over one million. Being separated from the modern areas, the historic part of the city with its […]
General Information About Karaj In the present day, Karaj is a major suburb of Tehran. But until the second half of the 20th century, it was only known as a summer resort of the sub-district (dehestān) of Sāvoj Bolāq, along the road between Tehran and Qazvin, in the foothills of the Alborz mountains. The large, […]
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