Sanandaj
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| Province : | Kordestān | ||
| Coordinates : | 35 ° 19 ′ N , 47 ° 0 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 1480 m | ||
| Residents : | 373,987 (2010) | ||
| Time zone : | UTC +3: 30 | ||
Sanandaj ( Persian سنندج, DMG Sanandaǧ ; also Sanandaj ; Kurdish سنە, Sine ) is the capital of the Iranian province of Kordestān near the border with Iraq . The city is 512 km away from the state capital Tehran and is at an altitude of 1480 m .
history
Sanandaj was a wealthy city under the Sassanids , but was almost completely destroyed in the era of the Zand princes . Today's Sanandaj is a little older than 300 years. At that time the Persians built a castle near the village of Sine / Seneh . Castle means Daj in Persian , so the settlement that developed around the castle was called Seneh-Daj, from which the current name Sanandaj is derived. Today nothing is left of the first settlement Seneh. For centuries the city was also the capital of the Principality of Ardalan . Nowadays it is one of the most famous cities in western Iran.
Craft
As in many parts of Iran, carpet production (→ Persian carpet ) is a well-developed art. The carpets from Sanadaj are mostly sold under the name Senneh . They typically have a strong red component on a dark blue background. The basis is an abstract form of the Herati pattern . This makes them similar to the Bidschar , but they are less tightly knotted.
traffic
The railway line (Tehran) -Robat Karim-Sanandaj is supposed to end in the city. The single-track line will allow a speed of 160 km / h and will be opened in 2016.
Attractions
- The historic village of Negel on the way to Marivan
- The village of Salavat Abad
- The Palangan fortress
- Several historical bridges from the Sassanid era
- The old market place in Sanandaj
- Different mosques
sons and daughters of the town
- Mastura Ardalan (1805–1848), Kurdish poet and writer
- Ahmad Moftizadeh (1933–1993), Kurdish autonomy politician
- Azad Azadpour (* 1973), German rapper of Kurdish descent
- Kamkars , Kurdish music group
- Xatar (* 1981), German rapper of Kurdish descent
- Estiphan Panoussi (* 1935), philologist and philosopher
- Hamed Sohrabnejad (* 1983), Iranian national basketball player
- Sabah Şriəti (* 1989), Azerbaijani wrestler of Iranian origin
Town twinning
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population data of the major cities of Iran (2010) ( Memento of the original from October 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ( MS Excel ; 125 kB) Table on the website of the South Khorassan Provincial Administration (Persian)
- ↑ Map ( Memento of the original from August 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ Report on Islamic Students' News Agency (Persian).
