Ahar

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Ahar is a historic city in northwestern Iran known as a regional center of the Azerbaijani population and a gateway to the Arasbaran forests.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Ahar canonical 2
Ahar city 1
Ahar’ 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
alternateName Ahar city
linked to: Ahar

Ahar’
linked to: Ahar
country Iran
demographicRole center of Azerbaijani culture in East Azerbaijan Province
ethnicMajority Azerbaijani Turks
gatewayTo Arasbaran forests
linked to: Arasbaran region
governedBy Ahar County Governorate
hasAreaCode 041
hasClimate continental climate
hasFeature caravanserais
historic city center
mosques
traditional bazaars
hasHeritage Qajar-era architecture
Safavid-era monuments
hasNearbyEcoregion Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests
linked to: Hyrcanian forests
hasNearbyProtectedArea Arasbaran Protected Area
hasPostalCodeType Iranian postal code
hasRole administrative center
regional trade center
historicalRegion Azerbaijan (Iran)
linked to: Iranian Azerbaijan
isCountyCapitalOf Ahar County
isInDistrict Ahar County
knownAs regional center of the Azerbaijani population
languageFamily Oghuz Turkic
locatedIn East Azerbaijan Province
locatedInRegion northwestern Iran
locatedOn Ahar River
majorLanguage Azerbaijani
near Arasbaran
linked to: Arasbaran region
nearBorderWith Republic of Azerbaijan
linked to: Azerbaijan
partOf Iranian Azerbaijan
populationGroup Azerbaijani people
linked to: Azərbaycanlılar
provinceCapital Tabriz
regionalImportance gateway to Arasbaran forests
regionType urban center
religionMajority Shia Islam
roadConnectionTo Haris
Kaleybar
linked to: Kaleibar

Tabriz
timeZone Iran Standard Time
usesCurrency Iranian rial
utcOffset +3:30
utcOffsetDST +4:30

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Ahar alternateName Ahar’
linked to: Ahar
Ahar alternateName Ahar city
linked to: Ahar