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Estern Azarbaijan at a Glance
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Tabriz carpets,
the most exquisite representation of the world-renowned
Persian handicrafts
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Encompassing a 44676.6 sq. km area,
the Eastern Azarbaijan Province amounts to 20.8 % of
the country's total area. According to latest divisional
program, this province includes 40 cities, 16 towns,
35 townships and 134 aggregate of villages. As one of
the most significant industrial and agricultural magnets
in the country, Eastern Azarbaijan also contains various
factories such as automotive, tractors, bearings, gearboxes
and pumps manufacturing plants, food producing factories,
chemical and pharmaceutical plants as well as building
industries.
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Tabriz, the capital of the province,
is famous for its unique bazaar and monuments such as
Arc Alishah, Masjed-e-kabood, Jameh Mosque, tombs of
the poets (Magbar-e-shoara), the birth place of the
leaders of constitutional revolution (Mashroteh) and
thus is rightfully marked as one of the country's most
important cultural and historical cities. Containing
dug-in-stone houses and located near Tabriz, the village
of Kandvan enjoys a pleasant climate and desirous mineral
water and hence constitutes an ideal tourist center
while Ill Goly Park, Ruin Mill (Asiab-Kharabe), St.
Stepanos Church, Gonbade-Kabood (the Blue Dome), the
Round Tower, Khajeh Nasir Observatory and the Babak
Coastal Resort also include the other main attractions
and places of historical interest in the region.
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