Qom (province)

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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

Hazrat-e-Masuma Shrine in Qom

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
Qom-admin-map.PNG
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

The Hasrat-e-Masrumeh Mosque in the city of Qom
  • 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

Commons : Ghom  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ City Population: Iran - Cities and Provinces .