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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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Hamadan canonical	23
Hamadan, Iran	4
Hamedan	4
Hamadān	2
City of Hamadan	1
Hamadan city	1
Hamadan city center	1
Hamadan metropolitan area	1
central Hamadan	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 (38)

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

Persian Jews → mainSettlement → Hamadan ⓘ

Iran Standard Time → usedInCity → 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

Medes → capitalModernLocation → Hamadan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hamadan, Iran

Avicenna → deathPlace → Hamadan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hamadān

Avicenna → residence → Hamadan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hamadān

Ecbatana → locatedInPresentDay → Hamadan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hamadan, Iran

Ecbatana → modernIdentification → Hamadan ⓘ

Persian carpet → hasProductionRegion → Hamadan ⓘ

Abolhassan Banisadr → placeOfBirth → Hamadan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hamedan

Ehsan Yarshater → placeOfBirth → Hamadan ⓘ

Iran Daylight Time → observedInCity → Hamadan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hamedan

Buyid period → hasImportantCity → Hamadan ⓘ

Ebadi → placeOfBirth → Hamadan ⓘ

subject surface form: Shirin Ebadi

this entity surface form: Hamedan

Rashid al-Din Hamadani → placeOfBirth → Hamadan ⓘ

Hamedan Province → capital → Hamadan ⓘ

Hamedan Province → hasCity → Hamadan ⓘ

Hamedan Province → hasAdministrativeCenter → Hamadan ⓘ

Hamedan Province → hasHistoricCity → Hamadan ⓘ

Hamedan Province → hasPopulationCenter → Hamadan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hamadan metropolitan area

Media → capital → Hamadan ⓘ

Iraq-i Ajam → hasMajorCity → Hamadan ⓘ

Median dynasty → presentLocation → Hamadan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hamadan, Iran

historical region of Persian Iraq (Iraq-e Ajam) → includesCity → Hamadan ⓘ

subject surface form: Persian Iraq

Tomb of Esther and Mordechai → locatedIn → Hamadan ⓘ

Tomb of Esther and Mordechai → near → Hamadan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hamadan city center

Ganjnameh inscriptions → locatedNear → Hamadan ⓘ

Avicenna Mausoleum → locatedInCity → Hamadan ⓘ

Avicenna Mausoleum → locatedInCountryCapitalOfProvince → Hamadan ⓘ

Alavian Dome → locatedIn → Hamadan ⓘ

Alavian Dome → near → Hamadan ⓘ

this entity surface form: central Hamadan

Stone Lion of Hamadan → locatedIn → Hamadan ⓘ

Hamadan City Council → jurisdiction → Hamadan ⓘ

this entity surface form: City of Hamadan

Hamadan City Council → locatedIn → Hamadan ⓘ

Hamadan City Council → governs → Hamadan ⓘ

Hamadan City Council → meetsIn → Hamadan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hamadan city