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Nahavand
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Nahavand () is a city in the Central District of Nahavand County, Hamadan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. It is south of the city of Hamadan, west of Malayer and northwest of Borujerd.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Nahavand
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
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- Iran
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Iran
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Hamadan
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- County
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- Nahavand
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- District
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- Central
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- 2016
- Settlement.population_total
- 76162
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- auto
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- IRST
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- +3:30
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Iran
- Located in
- Central District
- Population
- 76162
- Capital of
- Nahavand County
- Image
- Castle Nahavend by Eugène Flandin.jpg
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Nahavand
- Commons category
- Nahavand
- male population
- 38164
- female population
- 37998
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Etymology
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- Climate
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- Notable people
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Nahavand () is a city in the Central District of Nahavand County, Hamadan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. It is south of the city of Hamadan, west of Malayer and northwest of Borujerd.
Inhabited continuously since prehistoric times, Nahavand was bestowed upon the House of Karen in the Sasanian period. During the Muslim conquest of Persia, it was the site of the famous Battle of Nahavand.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nahavand” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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