Aghkand-e Samaraq
Aghkand-e Samaraq is a village in Qareh Naz Rural District, in the Central District of Maragheh County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 333, in 80 families.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 333 residents
- Description: village in Iran
- Also known as: “Āghkand-e S̄amaraq”, “Aqkand-e Samaraq”, and “Āqkand-e S̄amaraq”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mithra Temple of Maragheh and University of Maragheh.
Mithra Temple of Maragheh
Place of worship
Photo: Behrad09, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Mithra Temple of Maragheh, also referred to as Mithra Temple of Verjuy or simply Mehr Temple, is a mysterious underground place of worship of the Indo-Iranian god Mitra, dating back thousands of years, near the northwestern Iranian city of Maragheh.
University of Maragheh
University
University of Maragheh is a public university in the city of Maragheh, in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. The university is a state-funded institution which has 4 faculties and 14 departments. University of Maragheh is situated 3½ km north of Aghkand-e Samaraq.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Varjavi and Chay Baghi.
Varjavi
Village
Photo: auoobfa(ايوب فارابي), CC BY 3.0.
Varjavi is a village in, and the capital of, Qareh Naz Rural District in the Central District of Maragheh County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran.
Chay Baghi
Village
Chay Baghi is a village in Qareh Naz Rural District, in the Central District of Maragheh County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 279, in 62 families. Chay Baghi is situated 2½ km southeast of Aghkand-e Samaraq.
Tazeh Kand-e Sofla
Village
Tazeh Kand-e Sofla is a village in Qareh Naz Rural District, in the Central District of Maragheh County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 397, in 108 families. Tazeh Kand-e Sofla is situated 3½ km east of Aghkand-e Samaraq.
Aghkand-e Samaraq
- Category: locality
- Location: East Azerbaijan Province, Iran, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.34643° or 37° 20′ 47″ northLongitude
46.25888° or 46° 15′ 32″ eastPopulation
333Elevation
1,431 metres (4,695 feet)Open location code
8H9887W5+HHOpenStreetMap ID
node 4528892011OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
18195Wikidata ID
Q5662989
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to South Azerbaijani—“Aghkand-e Samaraq” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أغكند ثمرق”
- Azerbaijani: “Ağkənd-i Səmərəq (Marağa)”
- Azerbaijani: “Ağkənd-i Səmərəq”
- Dutch: “Aghkand-e Samaraq”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اغكند ثمرق”
- Malay: “Aghkand-e Samaraq”
- Persian: “آغکند ثمرق”
- Persian: “آغکندثمرق”
- Persian: “آقکند ثمرق”
- South Azerbaijani: “آغکند ثمرق”
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