Ardabil is a city in northwestern Iran, about 40 kilometers from the border with Azerbaijan, and serves as the capital of Ardabil province. As of the 2022 census the city had approximately 588,000 residents, mostly Shia Muslim, with around 650,000 people in the wider county. For a brief period in the tenth century Ardabil was the principal city of the historical Azerbaijan region before Tabriz took that role, and it is the birthplace of Shah Ismail I, founder of the Safavid Empire. The city is known for silk and carpet trading, the Ardabil carpets ranking among the finest classical Persian carpets ever produced, and it holds a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the sanctuary and tomb of Shaikh Safi ad-Din, along with the tomb of Ismail I.
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1. Ardabil (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)Quote, P1082 (population)
population 529,374 (2016)
2. Ardabil (Wikipedia)
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Ardabil (Persian: اردبیل, ) is a city in northwestern Iran.
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1351
- In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
View the Source3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 38.25, 48.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 38.25, 48.25
38.25 48.25 Dsa
4. GeoNames: Ardabīl - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 143083, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 143083, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
38.2498 48.2933 P PPLA IR 32 410753 1353 Asia/Tehran
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