Mahabad

Mahabad is a city in the Central District of Mahabad County, , , serving as capital of both the county and the district. Due to its historic significance to Kurdish nationalism, Mahabad is seen as the capital of Iranian Kurdistan by the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization.
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  • Type: Town with 168,000 residents
  • Description: city in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
  • Also known as: “Mehābād”, “Sāūjbulāgh”, “سابلاخ”, “سابلاغ”, and “ساوجبلاغ”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mahabad Dam.

Dam
Photo: Calak, GFDL.
is an embankment dam on the Mahabad River near the city of Mahabad, West Azerbaijan province, Iran. It was built before the Islamic revolution by Yugoslavian engineers and is one of the ten largest dams in Iran.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dash Teymur and Lachin.

Village
is a village in Mokriyan-e Gharbi Rural District, in the Central District of Mahabad County, West Azerbaijan Province, . At the 2006 census, its population was 84, in 14 families. is situated 5 km southwest of Mahabad.

Village
is a village in Akhtachi-ye Gharbi Rural District, in the Central District of Mahabad County, West Azerbaijan Province, . At the 2006 census, its population was 83, in 12 families. is situated 5 km southeast of Mahabad.

Village
is a neighborhood in the city of Mahabad in the Central District of Mahabad County, province, . is situated 5 km north of Mahabad.

Mahabad

Latitude
36.7652° or 36° 45′ 55″ north
Longitude
45.7218° or 45° 43′ 19″ east
Population
168,000
Elevation
1,324 metres (4,344 feet)
Open location code
8H87QP8C+3P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 32673155
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
125446
Wiki­data ID
Q335518
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Mahabad” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مهاباد”
  • Armenian: “Մահաբադ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mahabad şəhəri”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mahabad”
  • Azerbaijani: “Məhabad”
  • Basque: “Mahabad”
  • Belarusian: “Мехабад”
  • Bengali: “মাহাবাদ”
  • Breton: “Mahabad”
  • Bulgarian: “Махабад”
  • Catalan: “Mahabad”
  • Catalan: “Sawadj-bulak”
  • Catalan: “Sawdjbulak”
  • Cebuano: “Mahābād & Piranshahr”
  • Cebuano: “Mahābād”
  • Central Kurdish: “ماه آباد”
  • Central Kurdish: “مهاباد”
  • Central Kurdish: “مەھاباد”
  • Central Kurdish: “साबगफाग”
  • Central Kurdish: “साबुखाख”
  • Chinese: “Mahabad”
  • Chinese: “馬哈巴德”
  • Chinese: “马哈巴德”
  • Czech: “Mahábád”
  • Danish: “Mahabad”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Mehabad”
  • Dutch: “Mahabad”
  • Dutch: “Mehabad”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مهاباد”
  • Esperanto: “Mahabad”
  • Esperanto: “Mehabad”
  • Finnish: “Mahabad”
  • French: “Mahabad”
  • German: “Mahabad”
  • Greek: “Μαχαμπάντ”
  • Gujarati: “મહાબાદ”
  • Hebrew: “מהאבאד”
  • Hebrew: “מהבאד”
  • Hindi: “महाबाद”
  • Hungarian: “Mahábád”
  • Indonesian: “Mahabad”
  • Irish: “Mahabad”
  • Italian: “Mahabad”
  • Japanese: “マハーバード”
  • Japanese: “マハバード”
  • Kannada: “ಮಹಾಬಾದ್”
  • Kazakh: “Mexabad”
  • Kazakh: “Мехабад”
  • Kazakh: “مەحاباد”
  • Korean: “마하바드”
  • Kurdish: “Mahabad”
  • Kurdish: “Mehabad”
  • Kurdish: “MEHABAD”
  • Kurdish: “Mehebad”
  • Kurdish: “Sablax”
  • Kurdish: “مەهاباد”
  • Kurdish: “مەھاباد”
  • Latvian: “Mahabāda”
  • Lithuanian: “Mahabadas”
  • Lithuanian: “Mehabadas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Mahabad”
  • Malagasy: “Mahabad & Piranshahr”
  • Malagasy: “Mahabad”
  • Malay: “Mahabad & Piranshahr”
  • Malay: “Mahabad”
  • Marathi: “माहबद”
  • Mazanderani: “مهاباد”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Mahabad”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mahabad”
  • Norwegian: “Mahabad”
  • Ossetian: “Мехабад”
  • Persian: “مَه آباد”
  • Persian: “مِه آباد”
  • Persian: “مهاباد”
  • Persian: “सौजबलाग मक्री”
  • Polish: “Mahabad”
  • Romanian: “Mahabad & Piranshahr”
  • Romanian: “Mahabad”
  • Russian: “Махабад”
  • Russian: “Мехабад”
  • Russian: “Соудж-Булаг”
  • Russian: “Соуджбулак”
  • Scots: “Mahabad”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mahabad”
  • Sinhala: “මහාබාද්”
  • Slovenian: “Mahabad”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مهاباد”
  • Spanish: “Mahabad”
  • Swedish: “Mahabad”
  • Swedish: “Mehabad”
  • Swedish: “Sablach”
  • Swedish: “Sablakh”
  • Tajik: “Mahobod”
  • Tajik: “Маҳобод”
  • Tamil: “மஹாபட்”
  • Tatar: “Мәһабад”
  • Telugu: “మహాబాద్”
  • Thai: “มาฮาบัด”
  • Turkish: “Mahabad”
  • Turkish: “Savuçbulak”
  • Ukrainian: “Мегабад”
  • Ukrainian: “Мехабад”
  • Urdu: “مہاباد، ایران”
  • Uzbek: “Mahobod”
  • Vietnamese: “Mahabad”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Mahabad”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Piranshahr & Mahabad”
  • Western Panjabi: “مهاباد”

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