Isfahan

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Isfahan

اصفهان
City
Auncient names: Spahān, Aspadana
Persie transcription(s)
Eik-name(s): 
Nesf-e Jahān (Hauf o the warld)
Isfahan
Isfahan
Isfahan is located in Iran
Isfahan
Isfahan
Isfahan in Iran
Coordinates: 32°38′N 51°39′E / 32.633°N 51.650°E / 32.633; 51.650Coordinates: 32°38′N 51°39′E / 32.633°N 51.650°E / 32.633; 51.650
KintraIran
ProvinceIsfahan
CoontyIsfahan
DestrictCentral
Govrenment
 • MayorGhodratollah Norouzi
 • Ceety CooncilChairperson Fathollah Moein
Area
 • Urban
551 km2 (213 sq mi)
Elevation
1574 m (5217 ft)
Population
 (2016 census)
 • Urban
2,101,220
 • Population Rank in Iran
3rd
 Population Data from 2016 Census[2]
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+4:30 (IRDT 21 March – 20 September)
Area code(s)031
ClimateBWk
Websitewww.isfahan.ir

Isfahan or Sepahan (Persie: اصفهانEsfahān), historically rendered in English as Ispahan or Hispahan, is a city located about 340 km south of Tehran and is the capital of Isfahan Province and Iran's third largest city (after Tehran and 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.[3]

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, parteecularly 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, pailaces, mosques, an minarets. This led tae the Persian proverb "'Esfahān nesf-e jahān ast" (Isfahan is hauf o the warld).[4]

The Naghsh-e Jahan Square in Isfahan is ane o the biggest ceety squares in the warld an an ootstaundin ensaumple 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[eedit | eedit soorce]

Isfahan is twinned wi:

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