33 Facts About Tabriz Iran

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Tabriz Iran is a major heavy industries hub for automobiles, machine tools, refineries, petrochemicals, textiles and cement production industries.

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Tabriz Iran's argument is not helped by the fact that it depends upon speculations regarding the transmission of place-names for both the various rivers and nearby related areas from antiquity to the present.

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Since the earliest documented history of Tabriz Iran, it has been chosen as the capital for several rulers commencing from Atropates era and his dynasty.

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The earliest elements of the present Tabriz Iran are claimed to be built either at the time of the early Sassanids in the 3rd or 4th century AD, or later in the 7th century.

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The Islamic geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi says that Tabriz Iran was a village before Rawwad from the tribe of Azd arrive at Tabriz Iran.

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From 1375 to 1468, Tabriz Iran was the capital of Qara Qoyunlu state in Azerbaijan, until defeat of Qara Qoyunlu ruler, Jahan Shah by Ag Qoyunlu warriors.

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In 1501, Ismail I entered Tabriz Iran and proclaimed it the capital of his Safavid state.

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Tabriz Iran was occupied and sacked by Ottoman Murad IV in 1635, during the Ottoman–Safavid War, before being returned to Persia in the Treaty of Zohab in 1639.

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In 1780, a major earthquake hit near Tabriz Iran and killed as many as two hundred thousand people, leaving only about thirty thousand survivors.

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Tabriz Iran began a rebuilding campaign and established a modern taxation system.

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Thanks to the geographical closeness to the West and to communications with nearby countries' enlightenment movements, Tabriz became the centre of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution movements between 1905 and 1911, which led to the establishment of a parliament in Iran and the formation of a constitution.

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Tabriz Iran started with promises of modernization programs in Iran which was concentrated on the unification of the country, under the idea of one country, one nation.

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One of the major establishments in the period of Pishevari's government was opening of the University of Tabriz Iran which played a major role in the later political movements and protests in the region.

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In recent years, Tabriz Iran is much more stable and the new developments in the city are rapidly changing the face of the city.

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Tabriz Iran was chosen as the capital by several rulers commencing from the time of Atropates.

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Tabriz Iran has a Mediterranean-influenced humid continental climate with regular seasons, bordering on a cold semi-arid climate .

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Predominant language spoken in Tabriz Iran is Azerbaijani language, which is a Turkic language mutually intelligible with modern Turkish dialects.

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Century-long autocratic nation-building policy of central governments in Tabriz Iran has succeeded in cultural assimilation in the favour of a government-sanctioned culture.

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Tabriz Iran meatballs are large meatballs composed of ground meat, rice, and leeks, alongside various other ingredients.

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20.

Tabriz Iran has 132 parks, including 97 small parks, 31 regional and 4 city parks.

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21.

The economy of Tabriz Iran is based on commerce, services, health care and pharmaceutical, small and heavy industries, and handcrafts.

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Tabriz is a site for abundant food and some of the most famous chocolate factories in Iran which honoured the city as the Chocolate City of Iran.

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One of the main quality characteristics of Tabriz Iran rugs is the weaving style, using specialities that guarantee the durability of the rug in comparison for example with Kashan rugs.

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University of Tabriz Iran is considered one of five mother universities in the country which works as the regional hub of science for the region.

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Besides University of Tabriz Iran, there are several other public universities, operating in the city and its suburbs.

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Tabriz Iran has a public shuttle taxi service which connects city centres to major districts of the city.

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Tabriz Iran is linked to Europe through Turkey's roads and Bazargan border.

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Tabriz Iran is a hub for the major sports events in the region.

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In June 1976 Bagh Shomal Stadium of Tabriz Iran hosted part of the final tournament of the AFC Asian Cup games.

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City's main futsal club is Dabiri Tabriz Iran which was founded in 1998 and plays at the Oloum Pezeshki Arena in the city.

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Tabriz Iran is home for Azerbaijan Cycling Tour which is held on a yearly based calendar since 1986.

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Tabriz Iran is home for Tabriz Iran Petrochemical Cycling Team, a cycling team which is competing in UCI-sanctioned competitions through Asian continents.

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Tabriz Iran has one state television channel called Sahand TV that broadcasts in both Persian and Azerbaijani languages.

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