Bastam Citadel
Bastam is the site of an ancient Urartian citadel from ca. the 7th century BC, located near the village of Bastam, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: village and archaeological site in Iran
- Also known as: “Basţām”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bastam and Shurik.
Bastam
Village
Photo: Fabienkhan, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Bastam is a village in, and the capital of, Qarah Zia ol Din Rural District in the Central District of Chaypareh County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.
Shurik
Village
Shurik is a village in Qarah Zia ol Din Rural District of the Central District in Chaypareh County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran. Shurik is situated 3½ km west of Bastam Citadel.
Kasian
Village
Kasian is a village in Bastam Rural District, in the Central District of Chaypareh County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 279, in 69 families. Kasian is situated 3½ km east of Bastam Citadel.
Bastam Citadel
- Categories: village, archaeological site, tourism, and historic site
- Location: West Azerbaijan Province, Iran, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
38.88655° or 38° 53′ 12″ northLongitude
44.94567° or 44° 56′ 44″ eastPopulation
284Elevation
1,150 metres (3,773 feet)Open location code
8HC6VWPW+J7OpenStreetMap ID
node 1938054509OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Bastam Citadel” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قلعة بسطام”
- Armenian: “Բաստամ”
- Dutch: “Bastam Citadel”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بسطام”
- Esperanto: “Bastam”
- French: “Bastam (Azerbaijan-e-gharbi)”
- French: “Bastam”
- French: “site archéologique de Bastam”
- German: “Bastam”
- Kotava: “Bastam”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bastamborgen”
- Norwegian: “Bastamborgen”
- Persian: “بسطام”
- Persian: “دژ بسطام”
- Polish: “Bastam”
- Polish: “Twierdza Bastam”
- Spanish: “Bastam”
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