Giyan
Giyan is a city in, and the capital of, Giyan District of Nahavand County, Hamadan province, Iran. It also serves as the administrative center for Giyan Rural District.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 8,840 residents
- Description: city in Hamadan province, Iran
- Also known as: “Gīān”, “Gīyān”, “Kayān”, and “Kian”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tepe Giyan.
Tepe Giyan
Archaeological site
Tepe Gyan is an archaeological site in the highland central Zagros Mountains in Iran. Tepe Giyan contains a necropolis of 123 graves and distinctive pottery which displays some affinities with the ceramics found at another Elamite site of Tepe Sialk.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gilabad and Hoseynabad-e Giyan.
Gilabad
Village
Gilabad is a village in Sarab Rural District, Giyan District, Nahavand County, Hamadan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 1,878, in 514 families.
Hoseynabad-e Giyan
Village
Hoseynabad-e Giyan is a village in Giyan Rural District of Giyan District, Nahavand County, Hamadan province, Iran. Hoseynabad-e Giyan is situated 2½ km southeast of Giyan.
Mianabad
Village
Mianabad is a village in, and the capital of, Sarab Rural District of Giyan District, Nahavand County, Hamadan province, Iran. Mianabad is situated 3 km northwest of Giyan.
Giyan
- Categories: city of Iran and locality
- Location: Central Western Iran, Western Iran, Iran, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
34.1772° or 34° 10′ 38″ northLongitude
48.24457° or 48° 14′ 41″ eastPopulation
8,840Elevation
1,570 metres (5,151 feet)Open location code
8H6C56GV+VROpenStreetMap ID
node 2513410401OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
133378Wikidata ID
Q719253
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Giyan” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “غيان”
- Azerbaijani: “Giyan”
- Cebuano: “Kīān”
- Central Kurdish: “گیان، ئێران”
- Chinese: “Giyan”
- Dutch: “Giyan”
- French: “Giyan”
- Irish: “Giyan”
- Italian: “Giyan”
- Japanese: “ギャヤーン”
- Kurdish: “Giyan”
- Malagasy: “Giyan”
- Malay: “Giyan”
- Mazanderani: “گیان”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Giyan”
- Persian: “Kīān”
- Persian: “کیان”
- Persian: “گيان”
- Persian: “گیان”
- Russian: “Гийан”
- South Azerbaijani: “گیان”
- Swedish: “Kīān”
- Tajik: “Гийон”
- Turkish: “Giyan”
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