Naghadeh (in Kurdish: Nexede, in Persian: نقده, is a city in northwestern Iran with 74,821 inhabitants [1], 23 km southeast of Lake Urmia about 1,300 metres above sea level. It lies in the West Azarbaijan province. The Kurdish language is an Iranian language spoken in the region called Kurdistan, including Kurdish populations in parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey. ... Persian (local name: FārsÄ« or PārsÄ«) is an Indo-European language spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and by minorities in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Southern Russia, neighboring countries, and elsewhere. ... Lake Urmia from space, October 1984 Satellite image of Lake Urmia, taken in November 2003 Lake Urmia (37. ... West Azarbaijan (in Persian, آذربایجان ØºØ±Ø¨ÛŒ Azarbāyejān-e-Qarbi; in Kurdish, Azerbaycanî Rojawa; in Azerbaijani, QÉ™rbi AzÉ™rbaycan) is one of the 30 provinces of Iran. ... A province is a territorial unit, almost always a country subdivision. ...

History

Naghadeh is an ancient area which was the capital of some ancient Aryan civilizations speacially in Teppe Hasanlu area (a rural town 10 km northeast to Naghadeh). Aryan () is an English language word derived from the Sanskrit and Iranian terms ārya-, the extended form aryāna-, ari- and/or arya- (Sanskrit: आर्य, Persian: آریا). Beyond its use as the ethnic self-designation of the Proto-Indo-Iranians, the meaning noble/spiritual has been attached to it in Sanskrit and... Golden Vase with Winged Monsters Marlik Region, 14th-13th centuries BCE was found here. ...

Historical places

Naghadeh has several cultural and recreational attractions like "hewt kany" and "Sultan Yaghoob".

The most important worth seeing and historical places of the city are as follows:

• Keleshin (Kêleşîn) historical inscriptions in south-west to Lake Urmia.
• Hasanloo ancient hill (Teppe Hasanlu) located 12 km. north-west to Naghadeh of which the “Golden Cup” is very famous.
• Several wetlands.
• Zendan and Baha Hasan caves.

Lake Urmia from space, October 1984 Satellite image of Lake Urmia, taken in November 2003 Lake Urmia (37. ... Golden Vase with Winged Monsters Marlik Region, 14th-13th centuries BCE was found here. ...

Education

• Payam Noor University
• Azad University of Naghadeh

Economy

The region economy greatly depends on agricultural products, also cattle and sheep are raised both for meat--lamb and mutton--and for wool, so enough meat - wheat - corn - and dairy products available to feed its own people as well as for export to people in other cities.

Region farmers also raise apples, grapes, tomatoes, potatoes, onions, peas, and other fruits. The high farm production results from the fertile soil and the use of modern machinery and scientific farming methods.

People

The city's racial makeup is 25% Kurdish and 75% Azeri.^{[citation needed]} The Kurds are an ethnic group who consider themselves to be indigenous to a region often referred to as Kurdistan, an area which includes adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Azerbaijanis. ...

External links

• Status of Kurds in Iran and Naghadeh

Coordinates: 36°57′N 45°23′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...