Vayqan
Vayqan is a city in the Central District of Shabestar County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran. The village of Vayqan was converted to a city in 1993.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 4,680 residents
- Description: city in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
- Also known as: “Vaighan”, “Vayagan”, “Vayeqān”, and “Vāygān”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dizaj Khalil.
Dizaj Khalil
Railway station
Dizaj Khalil railway station is located 1.5 km south of Dizaj Khalil, East Azerbaijan Province. The station is owned by IRI Railway. It serves the locality of Dizaj Khalil and other communities nearby from county capital Shabestar and Vayqan, and also Islamic Azad University of Shabestar, 3.5 km away next to Sufian-Salmas Highway. Dizaj Khalil is situated 3½ km northeast of Vayqan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shangolabad and Nojadeh.
Shangolabad
Village
Shangolabad is a village in Guney-ye Markazi Rural District of the Central District in Shabestar County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran. Shangolabad is situated 5 km west of Vayqan.
Nojadeh
Village
Nowjeh Deh is a village in Guney-ye Sharqi Rural District of the Central District in Shabestar County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran. Nojadeh is situated 5 km north of Vayqan.
Shabestar
Town
Photo: Behnam oskar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shabestar is a city in the Central District of Shabestar County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Shabestar is situated 5 km north of Vayqan.
Vayqan
- Categories: city of Iran and locality
- Location: East Azerbaijan Province, Iran, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
38.13048° or 38° 7′ 50″ northLongitude
45.71295° or 45° 42′ 47″ eastPopulation
4,680Elevation
1,304 metres (4,278 feet)Open location code
8HC74PJ7+55OpenStreetMap ID
node 832431703OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
112085Wikidata ID
Q4357571
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Vayqan” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “وايقان”
- Azerbaijani: “Vayqan”
- Azerbaijani: “وایقان”
- Cebuano: “Vāyqān”
- Central Kurdish: “وایقان”
- Chinese: “Vayqan”
- Dutch: “Vayqan”
- French: “Vayqan”
- Irish: “Vayqan”
- Japanese: “ヴァーイガーン”
- Kurdish: “Vayqan”
- Malagasy: “Vayqan”
- Malay: “Vayqan”
- Mazanderani: “وایقان”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Vayqan”
- Persian: “وايگان”
- Persian: “وایقان”
- Persian: “وَيِقان”
- Persian: “وَيَگَن”
- Russian: “Вайкан”
- South Azerbaijani: “وایقان”
- Swedish: “Vāyqān”
- Turkish: “Vaygan”
- Urdu: “وایقان”
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