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Geographic
With 46929.9 square kilometers, the Peovince of East-Azarbaijan is
located on the north-west corner of the country. It includes 12 districts which are: Tabriz,
Ahar, Bostanabad, Bonad, Sarab, Shabester, Kaliber, Maragheh, Marand,
Miyaneh, Harees, and
Hashtrood. The historic city of Tabriz is the political and administrative capital of the
province. With 235 kilometers
international border with the Azarbaijan Republic, Armenia, and Nakhjavan, this province is neighbor to these new
states. And
through a railway line which crosses the province via Julfa, the border check
unit, the province and Iran are connected to Nakhjavan, Irevan, Tablisi, the Republic of
Ukrain, and all ports around the Black Sea. This province is also connected to many countries and
states of the region by different networks of roads.
Eil-Goli Building
Kabood Mosque, Tabriz
From the cultural point of view too, the E-Azarbaijan province is significant for including a collection of old traditions and historical
customs. The most significant characteristic of the Azarbaijani culture, is the language and the local folklore, which have been mixed with the old traditions and the local
customs. The spoken language in Azarbaijan is the Turkish Azery. The Iranian
Azeries, as well as the people of the Republic of Azarbaijan have
been speaking this language for many centuries. This province has also been the cradle of many famous
scholars, arefs and poets such as: Molana Baba Mazeed, Khoajeh Abdul Raheem
Ajabadi, Shaykh Hassan Bolghari, Abdul Qader Nakhjavani, Molana Ahmed,
Harati, Hammam Tabrizi, Khaqani Shirvani, Asadi Tousi, Abolalla Falaki, Zaheer-ol-Deen
Faryabi, Anvari Abivardi, Qatran Tabrizi, Shaykh Mohammed Khyabani,
Theqatol-Islam, Sattar Khan(the national commander), as well as many other famous
people.
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Traditional Carpet
History
The province of E-Azarbaijan is a part of the ancient Iranian
territory. During the Alexander (so called the Great),(331 BC), a great commander of the Little
Maad, rebelled in this territory, and a part of the Little Maad, rebelled in this
territory, and a part of the Little Maad, rebelled in this territory, and a part of the little
Maad, which is the now Azarbaijan, was liberated from the Greeks. For this
reason, this territory was called Atorpatkan. Then its name was changed several times to
Azarabadegan, Azarbadgan, and Azarbaijan. Most Islamic historians believe that Azarbaijan was the birth place of
Zoratust, the old Iranian profit, whose birth place was in the region of
Oromeyeh, and exactly, a town called Kanzak, which is located near the lake Cheechest
(Oromeyeh).During its more than 2000 years history, this province has been witness to many
historical, political and social and social events, and during this period, significant characteristics of an old this period,
signiticant characteristics of an old civilization occurred there, which left many interesting things to visitors to
see.
Main historical leisure places are as following:
The Municipality Palace
The Remaining of the Rasheedi Quarter Castle
The Historical village Kandevan and its Mineral
water Spring
The Historical Complex of the Great Bazaar
The Friday Mosque
The Alishah Mosque (Arke Tabriz)
The Kabood Mosque
The Poets Cemetery
Sayed Hamzeh Tomb
The Azarbaijan Museum
The Natural Valleys of the Saeed Abad and Sahand Mountains
Bazzar of
Tabriz
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