Isfahan
Isfahan or Sepahan (Persian: اصفهان Esfahān), historically an aa rendered in Inglis as Ispahan or Hispahan, is a ceety locatit aboot 340 km sooth o Tehran an is the caipital o Isfahan Province an Iran's third lairgest ceety (efter Tehran an Mashhad). Isfahan ceety haed a population o 1,583,609 an the Isfahan metropolitan aurie haed a population o 3,430,353 in the 2006 Census, the seicont maist populous metropolitan aurie in Iran efter Tehran.[1]
The ceeties o Najafabad, Si-deh (Homayounshahr (renamed Khomeinishahr syne 1981), Khan Isfahan, Shahin-shahr, Zarrinshahr, Mobarakeh, Falavarjan an Fouladshahr aw constitute the metropolitan ceety o Isfahan.
Isfahan is locatit on the main north-sooth an east-wast routes crossin Iran, an wis ance ane o the lairgest ceeties in the warld. It flourished frae 1050 tae 1722, particularly in the 16t century unner the Safavid dynasty, when it became the caipital o Persie for the seicont time in its history. Even the day, the ceety retains muckle o its past glory. It is famous for its Islamic architecture, wi mony bonnie boulevards, covered brigs, palaces, mosques, an minarets. This led tae the Persian proverb "'Esfahān nesf-e jahān ast" (Isfahan is hauf o the warld).[2]
The Naghsh-e Jahan Square in Isfahan is ane o the biggest ceety squares in the warld an an ootstaundin example o Iranian an Islamic architecture. It haes been designatit bi UNESCO as a Warld Heritage Site. The ceety an aa haes a wide variety o historic monuments.
Twin towns — Sister cities [edit]
Isfahan is twinned wi:
Istanbul, Turkey[3][4]
Kuwait Ceety, Kuwait
Beirut, Lebanon [5]
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysie[6]
Cairo, Egyp
Barcelona, Spain [7]
Florence, Italy- Venice, Italy
Freiburg, Germany
Havana, Cuba
Yerevan, Armenie[8]
Iaşi, Romanie
References [edit]
- ↑ 2006 Census Results and Mashhad(Statistical Center of Iran, Excel file, in Persian.)
- ↑ "Isfahan Is Half The World", Saudi Aramco World, Volume 13, Nr. 1, January 1962
- ↑ Sister Cities of Istanbul. Retrieved on 1 Julie 2009. .
- ↑ Erdem, Selim Efe. "İstanbul'a 49 kardeş", Radikal, 2009-07-01. Retrieved on 26 Julie 2009.. (in Turkish)
- ↑ Isfahan, Beirut named sister cities. MNA. Retrieved on 2 Mey 2007. .
- ↑ Sisterhoods. Isfahan Islamic Council (2005). Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. . Retrieved on 4 Dizember 2007. .
- ↑ Barcelona internacional - Ciutats agermanades (Catalan). © 2006-2009 Ajuntament de Barcelona. Retrieved on 13 Julie 2009. .
- ↑ Yerevan Municipality - Sister Cities. © 2005-2009 Yerevan.am. Retrieved on 22 Juin 2009. .
- ↑ Saint Petersburg in figures - International and Interregional Ties. Saint Petersburg City Government. Retrieved on 14 Julie 2008. .
