Tabriz
46°18′E / 38.067°N 46.300°E / 38.067; 46.300
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
Tabriz is twinned wi the follaein ceeties:
References
Freemit airtins
- 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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| Precedit bi Maragheh | Caipital o Iran 1265–1353 | Succeedit bi Samarkand |
| Precedit bi Samarkand | Caipital o Iran 1375–1514 | Succeedit bi Qazvin |
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