Central Western Iran

Hamadan Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of . In the Zagros Mountains, the province covers an area of 19,546 km2.
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is one of the oldest cities in , and some believe the world. The city became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2024.

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is a city in Central Western Iran. Its climate is mild and it has many natural and historical sightseeings.

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, also known as Soltan Abad, is a major industrial city of 550,000 and the capital of Markazi Province in .

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is a city in the Central District of County, province, , serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. It is the largest city in the province.

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, also called "Senna" is a city in the Kurdistan Province of . occupies a fertile valley in the Zagros Mountains. The city is a major manufacturing and retail trade center with many diverse products, including carpets, cotton textiles, leather, metal ware, cutlery, pottery, wood furniture and wood crafts, milled rice, refined sugar, and processed foods.

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is in Kurdistan in . It has a population of around 165,000 in the city in 2015, and 226,000 in the metropolitan area. Saqqez is the second most populous city in Kurdistan province after .

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is a city in the Central District of County, province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. The Kabir Kuh mountain range lies east of the city. To the west, it borders .

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is a city in Markazi Province, . It is a place of culture and warm mineral water. In ancient times it was an important location for Zoroastrianism.

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is a rural city in the province Qazvin. Most of its 75,000 or so people are Tats and make their livings through agricultural activities, including the production of many different grapes, peaches, nectarines, hay, wheat and cucumbers.

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is a city in the Central District of County, province, , serving as capital of both the county and the district. is located amidst high mountains 222 kilometres southwest of .

Central Western Iran

Latitude of center
34.9726° or 34° 58′ 22″ north
Longitude of center
48.6564° or 48° 39′ 23″ east
Population
1,740,000
Elevation
1,791 metres (5,876 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
132142
Wiki­data ID
Q187373
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Yue Chinese—“Central Western Iran” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “የሃማዳን ክልል”
  • Arabic: “محافظة همدان”
  • Arabic: “همدان”
  • Armenian: “Համադան”
  • Armenian: “Համադանի նահանգ”
  • Asturian: “Provincia d’Hamadán”
  • Avaric: “ХӀамадан (остан)”
  • Avaric: “ХӀамадан”
  • Azerbaijani: “Həmədan ostanı”
  • Azerbaijani: “Həmədan”
  • Basque: “Hamadan probintzia”
  • Basque: “Hamadan”
  • Belarusian: “Хамадан”
  • Bengali: “হামাদন প্রদেশ”
  • Bengali: “হামাদান প্রদেশ”
  • Breton: “Hamadan”
  • Bulgarian: “Хамадан”
  • Catalan: “Província d’Hamadan”
  • Catalan: “Província de Hamadan”
  • Cebuano: “Ecbatana”
  • Cebuano: “Hamadan”
  • Cebuano: “Hamadān”
  • Cebuano: “Lalawigan sa Ecbatana”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای ھەمەدان”
  • Chechen: “Хамадан (остан)”
  • Chechen: “Хамадан”
  • Chinese: “Hamadan Séng”
  • Chinese: “哈馬丹省”
  • Chinese: “哈马丹省”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Hamadan vilâyeti”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Hamedan ostanı”
  • Croatian: “Hamadan”
  • Croatian: “Hamadanska pokrajina”
  • Czech: “Hamadán”
  • Danish: “Hamadan”
  • Danish: “Hamedan”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Hemedan”
  • Dutch: “Hamadan”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “همدان”
  • Esperanto: “Hamadan”
  • Esperanto: “Hamadano”
  • Esperanto: “provinco Hamadan”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Hamadano”
  • Estonian: “Hamadāni provints”
  • Finnish: “Hamadān”
  • French: “Hamedan”
  • French: “Province de Hamedan”
  • Georgian: “ჰამადანი”
  • Georgian: “ჰამადანის ოსტანი”
  • German: “Hamadan”
  • Gilaki: “اوستان همدان”
  • Gilaki: “همدان ٚ اۊستان”
  • Greek: “Χαμαντάν”
  • Gujarati: “હમાદાન પ્રાંત”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Hâ-mâ-tan-sén”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Hamadan-sén”
  • Hausa: “Hamadan Province”
  • Hebrew: “המדאן”
  • Hebrew: “פרובינציית המדאן”
  • Hindi: “हमदान प्रांत”
  • Hindi: “हमादान प्रांत”
  • Hindi: “हमादान”
  • Hungarian: “Hamadán tartomány”
  • Indonesian: “Hamadan”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Hamadan”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Hamadān”
  • Italian: “Hamadan”
  • Italian: “provincia di Hamadan”
  • Italian: “Provincia di Hamadan”
  • Japanese: “ハマダーン”
  • Japanese: “ハマダーン州”
  • Javanese: “Provinsi Hamadan”
  • Kannada: “ಹಮಾದಾನ್ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ”
  • Kashmiri: “ہمدان صوبہٕ”
  • Kazakh: “Hamadan облысы”
  • Kirghiz: “Hamadan облусу”
  • Korean: “하마단주”
  • Kurdish: “Hemedan”
  • Kurdish: “Parêzgeha Hemedan”
  • Kurdish: “حەمەدان”
  • Latin: “Hamadan”
  • Latvian: “Hamadāna”
  • Latvian: “Hamadānas ostāns”
  • Lithuanian: “Hamadano provincija”
  • Macedonian: “Хамадан”
  • Malagasy: “Faritanin’ i Hamedan”
  • Malagasy: “Hamadān”
  • Malay: “Hamedan”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Hamedan”
  • Malayalam: “ഹമദാൻ പ്രവിശ്യ”
  • Maori: “Hamadan Porowini”
  • Marathi: “हमादान प्रांत”
  • Mazanderani: “همدان اوستان”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hamadan Séng”
  • Nepali: “हामादान क्षेत्र”
  • Newari: “हामादान प्रान्त”
  • Northern Frisian: “Hamadaan”
  • Northern Frisian: “Hamadan”
  • Northern Frisian: “Hamedan”
  • Northern Luri: “آستوٙن ھأمأدوٙ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hamadan”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hamadan-provinsen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hamedan-provinsen”
  • Norwegian: “Hamadan”
  • Oromo: “Bakhalcha Hamadan”
  • Ossetian: “Хамадан (остан)”
  • Ossetian: “Хамадан”
  • Panjabi: “ਹਮਾਦਾਨ ਸੂਬਾ”
  • Persian: “استان همدان”
  • Persian: “اُستانِ هَمَدان”
  • Persian: “دستجرد”
  • Persian: “فَرماندارئ كُلِّ هَمَدان”
  • Persian: “همدان‎”
  • Polish: “Hamadan”
  • Portuguese: “Hamadã”
  • Portuguese: “Província de hamadã”
  • Pushto: “همدان ولايت”
  • Romanian: “Provincia Hamadān”
  • Russian: “Хамадан”
  • Scots: “Hamadan Province”
  • Serbian: “Покрајина Хамадан”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hamadanska pokrajina”
  • Sinhala: “හමඩන් පළාත”
  • Slovenian: “Provinca Hamadan”
  • Somali: “Gobolka Hamadan”
  • South Azerbaijani: “همدان اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Hamadan”
  • Spanish: “Hamadán”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Hamadan”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Hamadán”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Hamadān”
  • Swahili: “Kanda la Hamadan”
  • Swedish: “Hamadan”
  • Tagalog: “Hamadān”
  • Tajik: “Устони Хамадон”
  • Tajik: “Устони Ҳамадон”
  • Tamil: “அமதான் மாகாணம்”
  • Tamil: “அமாதான் மாகாணம்”
  • Tamil: “ஹமாடன் மாகாணம்”
  • Tatar: “Һәмәдан (устан)”
  • Tatar: “Һәмәдан”
  • Telugu: “హమదన్ ప్రావిన్స్”
  • Telugu: “హమదన్ రాష్ట్రభాగం”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดแฮเมดอน”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดแฮแมดอน”
  • Turkish: “Hamedan Eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “Hemedan Eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “Hemedan”
  • Ukrainian: “Хамадан”
  • Urdu: “صوبہ ہمدان”
  • Uzbek: “Hamadon ustoni”
  • Vietnamese: “Hamadan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Hamadān”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Hamedan”
  • Welsh: “Talaith Hamadan”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ ہمدان”
  • Wu Chinese: “哈马丹省”
  • Yue Chinese: “哈馬丹省”

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