Tabriz
Coordinates: 38°04′N 46°18′E / 38.067°N 46.300°E
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Tabriz (Azerbaijani:Təbriz/تبریز) (pronunciation (help·info)) is the fowert lairgest ceety an ane o the historical caipitals o Iran an the caipital o East Azerbaijan Province. Situatit at an altitude o 1,350 meters at the junction o the Quri River an Aji River, it wis the seicont lairgest ceety in Iran till the late 1960s, ane o its umwhile caipitals, an residence o the croun prince unner the Qajar dynasty. The ceety haes pruiven extremely influential in the kintra’s recent history. Tabriz is locatit in a valley tae the north o the lang ridge o the volcanic cone o Sahand, sooth o the Eynali muntain. The valley opens oot intae a plain that slopes gently doun tae the northren end o Lake Urmia, 60 km tae the wast. Wi cauld winters an temperate simmers the ceety is considered a simmer resort.
Sister ceeties an twin touns
[eedit | eedit soorce]Tabriz is twinned wi the follaein ceeties:
Baku, Azerbaijan[1]
Gaza, Palestine[2]
Ho Chi Minh Ceety, Vietnam
Istanbul, Turkey
Izmir, Turkey
Erzurum, Turkey
Faisalabad, Pakistan
Khujand, Tajikistan
Kazan, Roushie[3]
Konya, Turkey
Vienna, Austrick[4]
Wuhan, Cheenae
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Baku#cite note-27,
- ↑ "Islamic Republic news Agency". irna.ir. Archived frae the original on 26 Mairch 2013. Retrieved 11 Februar 2013.
- ↑ "Tabriz and Kazan sister cities agreement". Archived frae the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
- ↑ Agreement between Tabriz and Vienna municipality[deid airtin]
Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Tabriz Municipality wabsteid Archived 2010-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
- Tabriz Tv Archived 2019-04-03 at the Wayback Machine
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