Hamadan

E78489
ancient city city populated place

Hamadan is an ancient city in western Iran, historically significant as a major center of Persian Jewish life and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the region.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Hamadan, Iran 2
Hamadān 2
Hamedan 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
city ⓘ
populated place ⓘ
ancientName Ecbatana ⓘ
capitalOf Hamedan Province ⓘ
surface form: Hamadan Province
climate continental climate ⓘ
climateClassification cold semi-arid climate ⓘ
coordinateLocation 34.799°N 48.514°E ⓘ
country Iran ⓘ
describedAs one of the oldest cities in the world ⓘ
one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Iran ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel about 1850 metres ⓘ
foundedBy Medes ⓘ
governedBy Hamadan City Council ⓘ
hasHeritageSite Alavian Dome ⓘ
Avicenna Mausoleum ⓘ
Ganjnameh inscriptions ⓘ
Stone Lion of Hamadan ⓘ
Tomb of Esther and Mordechai ⓘ
hasMinorityCommunity Christians ⓘ
Jews ⓘ
hasUniversity Bu-Ali Sina University ⓘ
Hamadan University of Medical Sciences ⓘ
historicalRegion Media ⓘ
languageSpoken Azerbaijani language ⓘ
surface form: Azerbaijani

Kurdish ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
locatedIn Hamedan Province ⓘ
surface form: Hamadan Province
locatedInContinent Asia ⓘ
locatedInCountry Iran ⓘ
locatedInRegion western Iran ⓘ
locatedOn northern slopes of the Alvand Mountain ⓘ
majorEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
carpet weaving ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
nearMountainRange Zagros Mountains ⓘ
officialLanguage Persian ⓘ
partOf Iranian plateau ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
roadConnection Kermanshah ⓘ
Sanandaj ⓘ
Tehran ⓘ
significantFor Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Iranian history ⓘ
Median Empire ⓘ
Persian Jewish history ⓘ
timeZone Iran Standard Time ⓘ
utcOffset +3:30 ⓘ
utcOffsetDST +4:30 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Medes → capitalModernLocation → Hamadan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hamadan, Iran
Avicenna → deathPlace → Hamadan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hamadān
Persian Jews → mainSettlement → Hamadan ⓘ
western Iran → majorCity → Hamadan ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Iran
this entity surface form: Hamedan
Shirin Ebadi → placeOfBirth → Hamadan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hamadan, Iran
Avicenna → residence → Hamadan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hamadān