Naghadeh
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Naqadeh is a city in and the capital of Naqadeh County
, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
. At the 2006 census, its population was 72,975, in 18,320 families.
The city is located in the Gadar River
valley, 23 kilometres (14.3 mi) southeast of Lake Urmia
at an elevation of 1300 metres (4,265.1 ft) above sea-level. The region's economy is based around agriculture
, particularly the production of fruit, grain, and timber. Naqadehis nicknamed as the ulduz city of Azerbaijan.
The town is inhabited mainly by Azeris and Kurds, although it was once home to a large number of Assyrians who perished during the Assyrian Genocide
. The main religion is Shia Islam.
Naqadeh County
Naqadeh County is a county in West Azerbaijan Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Naqadeh. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 117,831, in 27,937 families. The county is subdivided into two districts: the Central District and Mohammadyar District...
, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
. At the 2006 census, its population was 72,975, in 18,320 families.
The city is located in the Gadar River
Gadar River
The Gadar River rises in the Iranian Zagros Mountains near the point where the borders of Iran, Turkey and Iraq meet. From its source, the river first flows towards the southeast and then changes course due east through the Ushnu-Solduz valley. After leaving the valley, the river turns north and...
valley, 23 kilometres (14.3 mi) southeast of Lake Urmia
Lake Urmia
Lake Urmia , ancient name: Lake Matiene) is a salt lake in northwestern Iran, near Iran's border with Turkey. The lake is between the Iranian provinces of East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan, west of the southern portion of the similarly shaped Caspian Sea...
at an elevation of 1300 metres (4,265.1 ft) above sea-level. The region's economy is based around agriculture
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
, particularly the production of fruit, grain, and timber. Naqadehis nicknamed as the ulduz city of Azerbaijan.
The town is inhabited mainly by Azeris and Kurds, although it was once home to a large number of Assyrians who perished during the Assyrian Genocide
Assyrian genocide
The Assyrian Genocide refers to the mass slaughter of the Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac population of the Ottoman Empire during the 1890s, the First World War, and the period of 1922-1925...
. The main religion is Shia Islam.
Historical places
Naqadeh has several cultural and recreational attractions like "Yeddi göz" or in Kurdish "Hawt kani" and "Sultan Yaghoob". The most important worth seeing and historical places of the city are as follows:- Important archaeological sites in the vicinity of Naqadeh include Teppe HasanluTeppe HasanluTeppe Hasanlu or Tappeh Hassanlu is an archeological site of an ancient city located in northwest Iran , a short distance south of Lake Urmia...
, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) northwest of Naqadeh and famous for its "Golden Cup", and Hajji Firuz TepeHajji Firuz TepeHajji Firuz Tepe is an archaeological site located in West Azarbaijan province in northwestern Iran. The site was excavated between 1958 and 1968 by archaeologists from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology...
where some of the oldest evidence for winemakingWinemakingWinemaking, or vinification, is the production of wine, starting with selection of the grapes or other produce and ending with bottling the finished wine. Although most wine is made from grapes, it may also be made from other fruit or non-toxic plant material...
has been uncovered. - Keleshin historical inscriptions in south-west to Lake UrmiaLake UrmiaLake Urmia , ancient name: Lake Matiene) is a salt lake in northwestern Iran, near Iran's border with Turkey. The lake is between the Iranian provinces of East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan, west of the southern portion of the similarly shaped Caspian Sea...
. - Several wetlands.
- Zendan and Baha Hasan caves.
- tepe bashi central and old park of the city that has big history and american researchers believe there is a big castle under ground of it.
- Qal'a Paswe is a very small village near Naqadeh whose name according to the Iranist Vladimir Minorsky has kept the memory of the Iranian settlements from the 9th century BCE and reminds of the "Parswa tribes" mentioned in the records of the Assyrian ruler Shalmaneser IIIShalmaneser IIIShalmaneser III was king of Assyria , and son of the previous ruler, Ashurnasirpal II....
(reign 858-824 BCE)..