Shiraz
| Shiraz شیراز Shīrāz |
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| Eik-name(s): Persie Cultural Caipital Ceety o roses Ceety o gardens Ceety o flouer an nichtingale |
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  Shiraz
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| Coordinates: 29°37′N 52°32′E / 29.617°N 52.533°E | |
| Kintra |  Iran |
| Province | Fars |
| Coonty | Shiraz |
| Bakhsh | Central |
| Govrenment | |
| - Mayor | Mehran E'temadi[1] |
| - Ceety cooncil | Zein Al Abedin Arab Sayed Mohammad Kazem Dastgheyb Ezat Allah Fahandezh Sa'adi Fatemeh Hooshmand Mehdi Khani Sayed Mohsen Moein Mozaffar Mokhtari Sayed Saeed Moosavi Ali Zahmat Kesh Ma'asoomeh Zare'e Shobeir Zare'e Khafri[2] |
| Aurie[citation needit] | |
| - Tot | 178.891 km2 (69.07 sq mi) |
| - Laund | 178.891 km2 (69.07 sq mi) |
| - Watter | 0 km2 (0 sq mi) 0% |
| Hicht | 1,500 m (5,200 ft) |
| Indwallers (2009) | |
| - Tot | 1,455,073 |
| - Densitie | 3,609.8/km2 (9,347.5/sq mi) |
| Population Data:
2006 Census was 1,214,808, in 315,725 families[3] 2009 Municipality was 1,455,073[4] |
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| Time zone | IRST (UTC+3:30) |
| Aurie code(s) | 0711 |
| Routes | Template:IR-Road Template:IR-Road Template:IR-Road Futur  Shiraz-Isfahan Freeway |
| Wabsteid | http://www.shiraz.ir/ |
Shiraz (
listen? Persian: شیراز Persie pronunciation: [ʃiːˈrɒːz]) is the saxt maist populous ceety in Iran[5] an is the caipital o Fars Province. Shiraz is locatit in the soothwast o Iran on the Rudkhaneye Khoshk saisonal river. Shiraz haes a moderate climate an haes been a regional trade center for mair than ane thoosan years.
The earliest reference tae the ceety, as Tiraziš, is on Elamite clay tablets datit tae 2000 BC.[6] In the 13t century, Shiraz became a leadin center o the airts an letters, thanks tae the encouragement o its ruler an the presence o many Persian scholars an airtists. Shiraz wis the caipital o Persie durin the Zand dynasty frae 1750 till 1781, as well as briefly durin the Saffarid period.
Shiraz is kent as the ceety o poets, wine an flouers.[7] The wird "shir" in Persian means "lion", but it coud an an mean "milk". It is an aa considered bi mony Iranians tae be the ceety o gardens, due tae the mony gardens an fruit trees that can be seen in the ceety. Shiraz haes haed major Jewish an Christian communities. The crafts o Shiraz consist o inlaid mosaic wirk o triangular design; silver-ware; pile carpet-weavin an weavin o kilim, cried gilim an jajim in the veelages an amang the tribes.[8] In Shiraz industries such as cement production, sugar, fertilizers, textile products, wood products, metalwirk an rugs dominate.[9] Shirāz an aa haes a major oil refinery an is an aa a major center for Iran's electronic industries: 53% o Iran's electronic investment haes been centered in Shiraz.[10] Shiraz is hame tae Iran's first solar pouer plant.[11]
Twin touns — sister ceeties[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ محمد جواد مطلع (13 June 2010). Shiraz Mayors from 1980 to 2010. Shiraz Municipality. Retrieved on 5 Mey 2011. .
- ↑ محمد جواد مطلع (13 August 2009). City Council Members. Shiraz Municipality. Retrieved on 5 Mey 2011. .
- ↑ Census o the Islamic Republic o Iran, 1385 (2006) (Excel). Islamic Republic o Iran. Archived from the original on 16 November 2010. .
- ↑ Shiraz Population & Area (PDF). Retrieved on 5 Mey 2011. .
- ↑ Efter Tehran, Mashhad, Esfahan, Tabriz an Karaj; in 2006 Shiraz haed a total population o 1,204,882
- ↑ Cameron, George G. Persepolis Treasury Tablets, University of Chicago Press, 1948:115.
- ↑ (Iran Chamber Society) "Shiraz" (php file); "Shiraz"
- ↑ "the physical features of Shiraz"
- ↑ Looklex Encyclopaedia
- ↑ ARSH Co. site
- ↑ Iran’s first solar power plant comes on stream. tehran times (2009-01-11). Retrieved on 25 September 2010. .
