Iranian Azerbaijan
Iranian Azerbaijan is in the extreme northwest of Iran, by the border with the country and former Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan.Photo: Adam Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Tabriz and Urmia.
Tabriz
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Tabriz is the capital of East Azerbaijan province, in the Azerbaijan region of Iran. It is a modern industrialized Iranian city with signs of civilization dating back 2,500 years.
Urmia
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Urmia is the capital of West Azerbaijan province, in the Azerbaijan region of Iran, near the Turkish and Iraqi borders. It is known by its nicknames as the "Cradle of Water" and "Paris of Iran".
Ardabil
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Ardabil is a city in northwestern Iran. It is in the Central District of Ardabil County, Ardabil province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Zanjan and Maragheh.
Zanjan
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Zanjan is the capital city of Zanjan province in Iranian Azerbaijan. It has a lot of historical and ancient sites.
Maragheh
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Maragheh is a city in the Central District of Maragheh County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Maragheh is on the bank of the river Sufi Chay.
Soltaniyeh
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Soltaniyeh is a city in the Central District of Soltaniyeh County, Zanjan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.
Maku
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Maku is a city in the Central District of Maku County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Maku is 22 kilometres from the Turkish border in a mountain gorge at an altitude of 1,634 metres.
Takab
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Takab is a city in the Central District of Takab County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. The famous historical complex Takht-e Soleymān is situated to the North-East of the city.
Kaleybar
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Kaleybar is a small town in East Azerbaijan Province of Iran. Although there is not much to see in the town, it makes an excellent base to see the famed Babak Castle and as a start or end point of the Aras River Valley journey between Kaleybar and Jolfa.
Osku
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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.
Kandovan
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Kandovan is an ancient village in Sahand Rural District in the Central District of Osku County, East Azerbaijan Province, northwestern Iran, near the city of Osku.
Sardroud
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Sardroud is a city of East Azerbaijan province, in the Azerbaijan region of Iran. Sardroud is one of the major cities of Tabriz county and is in the southwest of Tabriz county.
Iranian Azerbaijan
- Type: region
- Description: region in northwestern Iran
- Also known as: “Azarbaijan”, “Azarbayjan”, “Âzarbâyjân”, “Āzarbāyjān”, “Azerbaijan”, “Azerbaijan (Iran)”, “Azerbijan”, and “South Azerbaijan”
- Category: historical region
- Location: Iran, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude of center
37.6° or 37° 36′ northLongitude of center
47° eastWikidata ID
Q274536
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Iranian Azerbaijan” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أذربيجان الإيرانية”
- Arabic: “أذربيجان”
- Armenian: “Իրանական Ադրբեջան”
- Asturian: “Azerbaixán iranín”
- Asturian: “Azerbaixán iraniu”
- Azerbaijani: “Cənubi Azərbaycan”
- Azerbaijani: “Güney Azərbaycan”
- Azerbaijani: “İran Azərbaycanı”
- Bashkir: “Иран Әзербайжаны”
- Basque: “Irango Azerbaijan”
- Belarusian: “Азэрбайджан (Іран)”
- Belarusian: “Іранскі Азербайджан”
- Belarusian: “Іранскі Азэрбайджан”
- Belarusian: “Пэрсыдзкі Азэрбайджан”
- Bengali: “ইরানি আজারবাইজান”
- Burmese: “အဇာဘိုင်ဂျန် ပြည်နယ် (အီရန်)”
- Burmese: “အဇာဘိုင်ဂျန် ပြည်နယ်”
- Catalan: “Azerbaidjan del Sud”
- Catalan: “Azerbaidjan Iranià”
- Catalan: “Azerbaidjan Meridional”
- Catalan: “Azerbaidjan Persa”
- Catalan: “Azerbaidjan”
- Catalan: “Azerbaijan iranià”
- Catalan: “Azerbaijan Meridional”
- Catalan: “Azerbaitjan Meridional”
- Central Kurdish: “ئازەربایجان”
- Chinese: “伊朗亞塞拜然”
- Chinese: “伊朗阿塞拜疆”
- Chinese: “阿塞拜疆（伊朗）”
- Crimean Tatar: “Cevheriy Azerbaycan”
- Croatian: “Azarbajdžan”
- Croatian: “Iranski Azarbajdžan”
- Croatian: “Iranski Azerbajdžan”
- Czech: “Ázerbájdžán”
- Dimli (individual language): “Azerbaycanê İrani”
- Dutch: “Azerbeidzjan”
- Esperanto: “Azerbajĝano”
- Esperanto: “Irana Azerbajĝano”
- Esperanto: “Suda Azerbajĝano”
- Estonian: “Aserbaidžaan”
- Estonian: “Iraani Aserbaidžaan”
- Estonian: “Lõuna-Aserbaidžaan”
- Finnish: “Azerbaidžan”
- Finnish: “Azerbaidzhan”
- Finnish: “Etelä-Azerbaidžan”
- Finnish: “Etelä-Azerbaidzhan”
- French: “Adharbaydjan”
- French: “Âzarbâyjân”
- French: “Azerbaidjan”
- French: “Azerbaïdjan”
- Gagauz: “Güney Azerbaycan”
- Gagauz: “İran Azerbaycan”
- German: “Aserbaidschan”
- German: “Aserbeidjan”
- German: “Azarbaydschan”
- German: “Āzarbāydschān”
- German: “Iranisch-Aserbaidschan”
- German: “Persisch-Aserbaidschan”
- German: “Süd-Aserbaidschan”
- German: “Südaserbaidschan”
- Greek: “Αζερμπαϊτζάν (Ιράν)”
- Greek: “Αζερμπαϊτζάν”
- Greek: “Ιρανικό Αϊζερμπαϊτζάν”
- Hebrew: “אזרבייג’ן האיראנית”
- Hebrew: “אזרבייג’ן”
- Hungarian: “Azerbajdzsán (Irán)”
- Hungarian: “Dél-Azerbajdzsán”
- Hungarian: “Iráni Azerbajdzsán”
- Hungarian: “Perzsa-Azerbajdzsán”
- Hungarian: “Perzsiai Azerbajdzsán”
- Indonesian: “Azarbaijan Iran”
- Indonesian: “Azarbaijan”
- Indonesian: “Azerbaijan Iran”
- Indonesian: “Azerbaijan”
- Irish: “An Asarbaiseáin”
- Italian: “Azerbaigian iraniano”
- Italian: “Azerbaigian persiano”
- Japanese: “アーザルバーイジャーン”
- Japanese: “アゼルバイジャン地方”
- Kirghiz: “Ирандык Азербайжан”
- Korean: “남아제르바이잔”
- Korean: “이란령 아제르바이잔”
- Kurdish: “Azerbaycan (Îran)”
- Kurdish: “Azerbaycan”
- Latin: “Atropatene”
- Latvian: “Dienvidazerbaidžāna”
- Latvian: “Irānas Azerbaidžāna”
- Lithuanian: “Azerbaidžanas”
- Lithuanian: “Irano Azerbaidžanas”
- Lithuanian: “Pietinis Azerbaidžanas”
- Lithuanian: “Pietų Azerbaidžanas”
- Malagasy: “Azerbaijàna Iraniana”
- Malay: “Azerbaijan”
- Mazanderani: “ایران آذربایجان”
- Mazanderani: “ایران آذربایجون”
- Mazanderani: “جنوبی آذربایجون”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Azarbaijan”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Iransk Aserbajdsjan”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Azeraland”
- Ossetian: “Ирайнаг Азербайджан”
- Ossetian: “Ираны Азербайджан”
- Panjabi: “ਅਜ਼ਰਬਾਈਜਾਨ”
- Panjabi: “ਆਜ਼ਰਬਾਈਜਾਨ”
- Persian: “آذرآبادگان”
- Persian: “آذرابادگان”
- Persian: “آذربادگان”
- Persian: “آذربایجان ایران”
- Persian: “آذربایجان”
- Persian: “اذرابادگان”
- Persian: “اذربادگان”
- Persian: “اذربایجان ایران”
- Persian: “اذربایجان”
- Polish: “Azerbejdżan Irański”
- Portuguese: “Azerbaijão do Sul”
- Portuguese: “Azerbaijão iraniano”
- Portuguese: “Azerbaijão”
- Romanian: “Azerbaidjan”
- Romanian: “Azerbaidjanul de sud”
- Russian: “Адербейджан”
- Russian: “Адербиджан”
- Russian: “Азербайджан”
- Russian: “Азербейджан”
- Russian: “Иранский Азербайджан”
- Russian: “Южный Азербайджан”
- Serbian: “Ирански Азербејџан”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Azarbajdžan”
- Slovenian: “iranski Azerbajdžan”
- South Azerbaijani: “آذربایجان”
- Spanish: “Azerbaiyan irani”
- Spanish: “Azerbaiyán iraní”
- Spanish: “Azerbaiyan Meridional”
- Spanish: “Azerbaiyán Meridional”
- Swedish: “Azarbaijan”
- Swedish: “Iranska Azarbaijan”
- Swedish: “Iranska Azerbajdzjan”
- Swedish: “Sydazarbaijan”
- Swedish: “Sydazerbajdzjan”
- Tajik: “Озарбойҷон”
- Tajik: “Озарбойҷони Эрон”
- Thai: “Azarbaijan”
- Thai: “Azerbaijan”
- Thai: “Iranian Azarbaijan”
- Thai: “Iranian Azerbaijan”
- Thai: “South Azerbaijan”
- Thai: “อาเซอร์ไบจาน”
- Thai: “อาเซอร์ไบจานใต้”
- Thai: “อาเซอร์ไบจานอิหร่าน”
- Turkish: “Güney Azerbaycan”
- Turkish: “İran Azerbaycanı”
- Turkmen: “Günorta Azerbaýjan”
- Tuvinian: “Иран-Азербайджан”
- Uighur: “ئىران ئەزەربەيجان”
- Uighur: “ئىران ئەزەربەيجانى”
- Uighur: “گونئی ئەزەربەيجان”
- Ukrainian: “Азербайджан іранський”
- Ukrainian: “Азербайджан”
- Ukrainian: “Іранський Азербайджан”
- Ukrainian: “Південний Азербайджан”
- Urdu: “آذربائیجان (ایران)”
- Urdu: “آذربائیجان”
- Uzbek: “Eron Ozarbayjoni”
- Venetian: “Azerbaijan iranian”
- Western Panjabi: “ایرانی آذربائیجان”
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