Sahand
Sahand is a satellite city in the Central District of Osku County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran. It is designed to accommodate the overflow of the Tabriz metropolitan area's increasing population.- Type: Town with 82,500 residents
- Description: city in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
- Also known as: “Sahand, Iran”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tabriz University of Technology.
Tabriz University of Technology
University
Tabriz University of Technology, formerly Sahand University of Technology, is a technical university in East Azerbaijan province in northwest Iran. It was established in 1989 as the first technical university in Iran after Islamic revolution. Tabriz University of Technology is situated 3½ km southeast of Sahand.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Osku and Khosrowshah.
Osku
Photo: Duman-tabriz, Public domain.
Osku is a city in northwestern Iran. It is the capital of Osku County, in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. Osku is known as the capital of batik in Iran. As of 2016, its population was about 19,000.
Khosrowshah
Town
Khosrowshah is a city in, and the capital of, Khosrowshah District in Tabriz County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran. Khosrowshah is situated 6 km west of Sahand.
Kalahjah
Village
Kalahjah is a village in, and the capital of, Bavil Rural District in the Central District of Osku County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran.
Sahand
- Categories: city of Iran and locality
- Location: East Azerbaijan Province, Iran, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.9472° or 37° 56′ 50″ northLongitude
46.1185° or 46° 7′ 7″ eastPopulation
82,500Elevation
1,641 metres (5,384 feet)Open location code
8H98W4W9+V9OpenStreetMap ID
node 4340093129OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
13631338Wikidata ID
Q4358682
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Satellite Map
Discover Sahand from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Akan to Urdu—“Sahand” goes by many names.
- Akan: “Sahand”
- Arabic: “سهند”
- Armenian: “Սահանդ”
- Azerbaijani: “Səhənd”
- Central Kurdish: “سەھەند، ئێران”
- Chinese: “Sahand”
- Dutch: “Sahand”
- French: “Sahand”
- Irish: “Sahand”
- Japanese: “サハンド”
- Kurdish: “Sehend ,bajar”
- Kurdish: “Sehend”
- Malagasy: “Sahand, Iran”
- Malagasy: “Sahand”
- Malay: “Sahand, Iran”
- Malay: “Sahand”
- Mazanderani: “سهند (اسکو)”
- Mazanderani: “سهند”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Sahand”
- Persian: “سهند”
- Persian: “شهر جدید سهند”
- Romanian: “Sahand”
- South Azerbaijani: “سهند”
- Tajik: “Саҳанд”
- Urdu: “سھنڈ”
- Urdu: “سہند، ایران”
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