The capital of Qom province in Iran, 140 kilometers south of Tehran on the banks of the Qom River, and the country's seventh-largest city. Home to the Fatima Masumeh Shrine, dedicated to the daughter of the seventh Shia Imam, the city draws an estimated 20 million pilgrims a year and is regarded as the world's largest center of Shia Islamic scholarship; its 2016 census recorded a population of 1,201,158 across 356,976 households.
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Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone In the Other Atlases
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Source Shafaqna: Ibn BabawayhLifeQuote, Life
He was born and raised in Qom, a town about 125 kilometres (78 mi) south west of Tehran in modern-day Iran.
Sources
1. Qom (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox: Population total (2016)
1201158
Infobox: Population as of
2016
Infobox: Elevation (m)
936
Infobox: Coordinates
34.6400°N 50.8764°E
- In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
View the Source 2. Qom (Wikidata)
3. GeoNames: Qom - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 119208
34.6401 50.8764 P PPLA IR 39 900000 935 Asia/Tehran
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 935 m
View the Source 4. 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 34.75, 50.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 34.75, 50.75
34.75 50.75 BSh
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