Qom (province)
قم Qom
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Location of the province of Qom in Iran | |
Basic data | |
Country | Iran |
Capital | Qom |
surface | 11,526 km² |
Residents | 1,292,283 (2016 census) |
density | 112 inhabitants per km² |
ISO 3166-2 | IR-26 |
Coordinates: 34 ° 42 ' N , 50 ° 57' E
Qom ( Persian قم, DMG Qom ) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran . It lies in the north of the country and has the same city of Qom to the capital.
The province is home to 1,292,283 people (2016 census). The province covers an area of 11,526 square kilometers. The population density is 90 inhabitants per square kilometer.
history
Qom Province was established in 1995 when part of Tehran Province was split off.
Attractions
The Iranian Cultural Heritage Organization (ICHO) lists 195 places of historical and cultural importance in the province of Qom. These include the following locations:
- Kahak Caves
- Vaschnuh caves
- Howz e Soltan salt lake
- Namak Great Salt Lake
- Mar'aschi Najafi Library, with over 500,000 handwritten texts and copies.
- Astaneh Moqaddaseh Museum
- Qom bazaar
- Feyzieh Seminary
- Hasrat-e-Masrumeh Mosque
- Jamkaran Mosque
- QomJame 'mosque
- Qom Atiq Mosque
- A'zam mosque
- Shrine of Hazrat Masoumeh
Administrative division
map | district | abbreviation | district | main place |
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Qom | Q | center | Qom | |
j | Jafar Abad | |||
kh | Khalajestan | |||
n | Nofel Loschato | |||
s | Salafchegan | |||
Neighboring provinces: E: Isfahan , M: Markazi , S: Semnan , T: Tehran |
economy
Special products are pottery, glass and cotton textiles; important agricultural goods are grain, cotton, fruit, nuts and poppy seeds. There are natural gas and oil fields in the province . A missile test site of the Iranian military is located near the city of Qom at latitude 34 ° 39 'north and longitude 50 ° 54' east.
Colleges
- Mofid University
- Islamic Azad University of Qom
- University of Qom
- Payam noor University of Qom
- The Research Institute of Hawzeh va Daneshgah
- Computer Research Center of Islamic Sciences, Qom
- Imam Khomeini Education and Research Institute
- Qom University of Medical Sciences
- Fatemieh University of Medical Sciences
- Qom's Feyzieh Seminary
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ City Population: Iran - Cities and Provinces .