northwestern Iran

E220475
cultural region geographic region

Northwestern Iran is a geographic and cultural region of Iran encompassing provinces such as East and West Azerbaijan, Ardabil, and parts of Kurdistan, known for its ethnic diversity and strategic location bordering Turkey, Iraq, and the Caucasus.

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Label Occurrences
northwestern Iran canonical 34
Northwestern Iran 7

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
geographic region ⓘ
bordersBodyOfWater Caspian Sea ⓘ
bordersCountry Armenia ⓘ
Azerbaijan ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
bordersRegion Caucasus ⓘ
surface form: the Caucasus
containsAdministrativeTerritory Ardabil Province ⓘ
East Azerbaijan Province ⓘ
West Azerbaijan Province ⓘ
parts of Kurdistan Province ⓘ
country Iran ⓘ
hasClimate continental climate ⓘ
mountain climate ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Armenians ⓘ
Assyrians ⓘ
Azerbaijanis ⓘ
Kurds ⓘ
Persians ⓘ
Talysh ⓘ
hasHistoricalRegion Iranian Azerbaijan ⓘ
surface form: Azerbaijan (historical region)

Kurdistan ⓘ
surface form: Iranian Kurdistan
hasLake Lake Urmia ⓘ
hasLanguage Armenian ⓘ
Azerbaijani language ⓘ
surface form: Azerbaijani

Kurdish ⓘ
Persian language ⓘ
surface form: Persian
hasMajorCity Ardabil ⓘ
Khoy ⓘ
Mahabad ⓘ
Maku ⓘ
Maragheh ⓘ
Marand ⓘ
Meshginshahr ⓘ
Parsabad ⓘ
Salmas ⓘ
Sardasht ⓘ
Tabriz ⓘ
Urmia ⓘ
hasMountainRange Elburz Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Alborz Mountains

Zagros Mountains ⓘ
hasReligion Christianity ⓘ
Shia Islam ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
Yazidism ⓘ
hasRiver Aras River ⓘ
Kura River ⓘ
surface form: Kura River basin
locatedIn Iran ⓘ
partOf Iran ⓘ
strategicImportance border region between Iran and Iraq ⓘ
border region between Iran and Turkey ⓘ
gateway to the South Caucasus ⓘ

Referenced by (41)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northwestern Iranian languages → spokenIn → northwestern Iran ⓘ
Azərbaycanlılar → region → northwestern Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northwestern Iran
East Syriac script → associatedWithRegion → northwestern Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northwestern Iran
Tabriz dialect → spokenIn → northwestern Iran ⓘ
Talysh → regionOfOrigin → northwestern Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northwestern Iran
Ecbatana → locatedIn → northwestern Iran ⓘ
Battle of Chaldiran → location → northwestern Iran ⓘ
Qazvini Persian → spokenIn → northwestern Iran ⓘ
Qazvini Persian → region → northwestern Iran ⓘ
Kura–Araxes culture → presentIn → northwestern Iran ⓘ
Lake Urmia → locatedIn → northwestern Iran ⓘ
Komarî Mehabad → locatedInRegion → northwestern Iran ⓘ
Tati language → spokenIn → northwestern Iran ⓘ
Syriacs → historicalRegion → northwestern Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northwestern Iran
Marand → locatedIn → northwestern Iran ⓘ
Mianeh → locatedIn → northwestern Iran ⓘ
Sarab → locatedIn → northwestern Iran ⓘ
Khoy → locatedIn → northwestern Iran ⓘ
Saint Thaddeus Monastery → locatedIn → northwestern Iran ⓘ
Qazvin → locatedInRegion → northwestern Iran ⓘ
Swadaya → region → northwestern Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northwestern Iran
Urmia → locatedIn → northwestern Iran ⓘ
Simko Shikak revolt → location → northwestern Iran ⓘ
Maragheh → locatedIn → northwestern Iran ⓘ
Assyrian question → geographicFocus → northwestern Iran ⓘ
East Azerbaijan Province → locatedInRegion → northwestern Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northwestern Iran
Zanjan Province → locatedInRegion → northwestern Iran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northwestern Iran
Meshginshahr → locatedIn → northwestern Iran ⓘ
Media → locatedIn → northwestern Iran ⓘ
royal court of the Medes → locatedIn → northwestern Iran ⓘ
Deioces → regionRuled → northwestern Iran ⓘ
Phraortes → powerBase → northwestern Iran ⓘ
Sahand Mountain foothills → locatedIn → northwestern Iran ⓘ
Tabriz University of Medical Sciences → regionServed → northwestern Iran ⓘ
Afshar Turkoman → regionOfInfluence → northwestern Iran ⓘ
Cyaxares → regionRuled → northwestern Iran ⓘ
Ali Qapu Gate of Qazvin → locatedIn → northwestern Iran ⓘ
Sa’d al-Saltaneh Caravanserai → locatedIn → northwestern Iran ⓘ
Qazvin County → locatedInRegion → northwestern Iran ⓘ
Kharraqan towers → locatedIn → northwestern Iran ⓘ
Jagatu River → locatedIn → northwestern Iran ⓘ