Mahabad
Mahabad is a city in the Central District of Mahabad County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran, 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.
Simko, Public domain.
Simko, Public domain.- Town with about 168,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,320 metres (4,330 feet)
- …was formerly known as “ساوجبلاغ”
- Description: city in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
- Also known as“Mehābād”“Sāūjbulāgh”“سابلاخ”“سابلاغ”
Places of Interest
Discover Mahabad Dam.
Villages in the Area
Discover Khaneqah-e Khangeh and Dash Teymur.
Khaneqah-e Khangeh
Khaneqah-e Khangeh is a neighborhood in the city…
5 km north of Mahabad
Dash Teymur
Dash Teymur is a village in Mokriyan-e Gharbi Rural…
5 km southwest of Mahabad
Mahabad
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Latitude
36.7652° or 36° 45′ 55″ north
Longitude
45.7218° or 45° 43′ 19″ east
Open location code
8H87QP8C+3P
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Mahabad” goes by many names.
مهابادArabic
ՄահաբադArmenian
Սօվուճբուլագ (historical)Armenian
MahabadAzerbaijani
Mahabad şəhəriAzerbaijani
MəhabadAzerbaijani
MahabadBasque
МехабадBelarusian
মাহাবাদBengali
MahabadBreton
МахабадBulgarian
MahabadCatalan
Sawadj-bulakCatalan
SawdjbulakCatalan
MahābādCebuano
Mahābād & PiranshahrCebuano
ماه آبادCentral Kurdish
مهابادCentral Kurdish
مەھابادCentral Kurdish
साबगफागCentral Kurdish
साबुखाखCentral Kurdish
馬哈巴德Chinese
马哈巴德Chinese
MahábádCzech
MahabadDanish
MehabadDimli (individual language)
MahabadDutch
MehabadDutch
مهابادEgyptian Arabic
MahabadEsperanto
MehabadEsperanto
MahabadFinnish
ΜαχαμπάντGreek
મહાબાદGujarati
מהאבאדHebrew
מהבאדHebrew
महाबादHindi
MahábádHungarian
MahabadIndonesian
MahabadIrish
MahabadItalian
マハーバードJapanese
マハバードJapanese
ಮಹಾಬಾದ್Kannada
MexabadKazakh
МехабадKazakh
مەحابادKazakh
마하바드Korean
MahabadKurdish
MehabadKurdish
MehebadKurdish
SablaxKurdish
مەهابادKurdish
مەھابادKurdish
MahabādaLatvian
MahabadasLithuanian
MehabadasLithuanian
MahabadLuxembourgish
MahabadMalagasy
Mahabad & PiranshahrMalagasy
MahabadMalay
Mahabad & PiranshahrMalay
माहबदMarathi
مهابادMazanderani
MahabadMin Nan Chinese
MahabadNorwegian
MahabadNorwegian Bokmål
МехабадOssetian
مِه آبادPersian
सौजबलाग मक्रीPersian
MahabadPolish
MahabadRomanian
Mahabad & PiranshahrRomanian
МахабадRussian
МехабадRussian
Соудж-БулагRussian
СоуджбулакRussian
MahabadScots
MahabadSerbo-Croatian
මහාබාද්Sinhala
MahabadSlovenian
مهابادSouth Azerbaijani
MahabadSwedish
MehabadSwedish
SablachSwedish
SablakhSwedish
MahobodTajik
МаҳободTajik
மஹாபட்Tamil
МәһабадTatar
మహాబాద్Telugu
มาฮาบัดThai
MahabadTurkish
SavuçbulakTurkish
МегабадUkrainian
МехабадUkrainian
مہاباد، ایرانUrdu
MahobodUzbek
MahabadVietnamese
MahabadWaray (Philippines)
Piranshahr & MahabadWaray (Philippines)
مهابادWestern Panjabi
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