Isfahan
Isfahan اصفهان | |
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City | |
| Auncient names: Spahān, Aspadana | |
| Persie transcription(s) | |
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| Eik-name(s): Nesf-e Jahān (Hauf o the warld) | |
 Isfahan | |
  Isfahan Isfahan in Iran | |
| Coordinates: 32°38′N 51°39′E / 32.633°N 51.650°ECoordinates: 32°38′N 51°39′E / 32.633°N 51.650°E | |
| Kintra | Iran |
| Province | Isfahan |
| Coonty | Isfahan |
| Destrict | Central |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Ghodratollah Norouzi |
| • Ceety Cooncil | Chairperson Fathollah Moein |
| Area | |
| • Urban | 551 km2 (213 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1574 m (5217 ft) |
| Population (2016 census) | |
| • Urban | 2,101,220 |
| • Population Rank in Iran | 3rd |
| Population Data from 2016 Census[2] | |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+4:30 (IRDT 21 March – 20 September) |
| Area code(s) | 031 |
| Climate | BWk |
| Website | www.isfahan.ir |
Isfahan or Sepahan (Persie: اصفهان Esfahān), historically rendered in English as Ispahan or Hispahan, is a city located about 340 km south of Tehran and is the capital of Isfahan Province and Iran's third largest city (after Tehran and Mashhad). Isfahan ceety haed a population o 1,583,609 an the Isfahan metropolitan aurie haed a population o 3,430,353 in the 2006 Census, the seicont maist populous metropolitan aurie in Iran efter Tehran.[3]
The ceeties o Najafabad, Si-deh (Homayounshahr (renamed Khomeinishahr syne 1981), Khan Isfahan, Shahin-shahr, Zarrinshahr, Mobarakeh, Falavarjan an Fouladshahr aw constitute the metropolitan ceety o Isfahan.
Isfahan is locatit on the main north-sooth an east-wast routes crossin Iran, an wis ance ane o the lairgest ceeties in the warld. It flourished frae 1050 tae 1722, parteecularly in the 16t century unner the Safavid dynasty, when it became the caipital o Persie for the seicont time in its history. Even the day, the ceety retains muckle o its past glory. It is famous for its Islamic architecture, wi mony bonnie boulevards, covered brigs, pailaces, mosques, an minarets. This led tae the Persian proverb "'Esfahān nesf-e jahān ast" (Isfahan is hauf o the warld).[4]
The Naghsh-e Jahan Square in Isfahan is ane o the biggest ceety squares in the warld an an ootstaundin ensaumple o Iranian an Islamic architecture. It haes been designatit bi UNESCO as a Warld Heritage Site. The ceety an aa haes a wide variety o historic monuments.
Twin towns — Sister cities
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References
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- ↑ "تعداد جمعیت و خانوار به تفکیک تقسیمات کشوری براساس سرشماری عمومی نفوس و مسکن سال ۱۳۹۵". Statistical Center of Iran.
- ↑ 2006 Census Results and Mashhad(Statistical Center of Iran, Excel file, in Persian.)
- ↑ "Isfahan Is Half The World" Archived 2008-02-16 at the Wayback Machine, Saudi Aramco World, Volume 13, Nr. 1, January 1962
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|month=and|coauthors=(help) - ↑ "Sisterhoods". Isfahan Islamic Council. 2005. Archived frae the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 4 December 2007.
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|publisher=(help) - ↑ "Saint Petersburg in figures - International and Interregional Ties". Saint Petersburg City Government. Archived frae the original on 24 Februar 2009. Retrieved 14 Julie 2008.
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