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Maragheh
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Maragheh () is a city in the Central District of Maragheh County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Maragheh is on the bank of the river Sufi Chay. It is from Tabriz, the largest city in northwestern Iran.
Maragheh is a city in northwestern Iran that serves as the capital of Maragheh County and sits along the Sufi Chay river in East Azerbaijan province. The city is located a significant distance from Tabriz, the region's largest metropolitan area.
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Key facts
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- Maragheh
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- City
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- Iran
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- yes
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- Country
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- Iran
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- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- East Azerbaijan
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- County
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- Maragheh
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- District
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- Central
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- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Ali Nezhadabyaz (acting)
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- Parliament
- Settlement.leader_name1
- Ali Alizadeh
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- 2016
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- مراغه
- Country
- Iran
- Located in
- Central District
- Population
- 272400
- Elevation
- 1456
- Body of water
- Sufi Chay
- Capital of
- Maragheh County
- Official website
- www.maraghe.com
- Image
- Maragheh-observatoriet.jpeg
- Dialing code
- 041
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Maragheh
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- Goražde
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- Maragheh
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- Category:Maragheh
- Commons gallery
- مراغه
- native label
- مراغه
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- male population
- 87868
- female population
- 2
- P12749
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Encyclopedic overview
24 sectionsContents
- History
- Pre-Islamic history
- Rule under the caliphate and Sajids
- Daylamite rule
- Rawadid and Seljuk rule
- Ahmadili rule
- Khwarazmian rule
- Mongol rule
- Modern era
- Demographics
- Language and ethnicity
- Population
- Geography
- Climate
- Maragha observatory
- Universities in Maragheh
- Famous natives
- Sister cities and twin towns
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- Notes
- References
- Sources
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Maragheh () is a city in the Central District of Maragheh County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Maragheh is on the bank of the river Sufi Chay. It is from Tabriz, the largest city in northwestern Iran.
== History == ===Pre-Islamic history=== It has been long suggested that Maragheh is identical with Phraaspa/Phraata, the winter capital of Atropatene. The 9th-century Muslim historian al-Baladhuri (died 892) reports that the town was originally known as Akra-rudh (called "Afrah-rudh" by Ibn al-Faqih, and "Afrazah-rudh" by Yaqut al-Hamawi) a Persian name which means "river of Afrah", and which the Russian orientalist Vladimir Minorsky considered to seem reminiscent of the name of Phraata. He added that it is unlikely that Maragheh did not exist during the Roman era, due to its favorable location.
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