Province. Situated at
an altitude of 1,350 meters at the junction of the
Quru River
and
Aji
River, it was the second largest city in
Iran
until the late 1960s, one of its
former capitals, and residence of the crown prince under the
Qajar dynasty. The city has proven
extremely influential in the country’s recent history. Tabriz is located in a
valley to the north of the long ridge of the volcanic cone of
Sahand, south of the
Eynali
mountain. The valley opens out into a
plain that slopes gently down to the northern end of
Lake Urmia, 60 km to the west.
With cold winters and temperate summers the city is considered a summer resort.
The estimated population of the city is
around 1,400,000 based on results
of the Iranian census bureau. Tabriz is the fourth most populous city in Iran
after Tehran, Mashhad, and Esfahan, and is also a major Iranian
heavy industrial and manufacturing center. Some of these industries include
automobile, machine tools, oil and petrochemical and cement production.
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