Saqqez or Saghez (in Persian: سقز, in Kurdish: Seqiz,) is a city located at 36°23′N, 46°28′E, in Kurdistan Province of Iran. Its estimated population as of 2005 is 151,237. [1] “Farsi” redirects here. ... The Kurdish language is the language spoken by Kurds. ... Map showing Iranian province of Kurdistan. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Kurds have lived in Saqqez and surrounding areas since approximately 1,000 B.C., and many believe that Medes, the city's first known inhabitants, are direct ancestors of the present-day people of western Iran. In pre-Islamic era, Saghiz and surrounding areas comprised a small country known as Sagapeni, which is believed to be related to the name of the ancient Iranian Sakas from which the name of the city is derived. Kurds are one of the Iranian peoples and speak Kurdish, a north-Western Iranian language related to Persian. ... Mede nobility. ... Saka is also the name of a town in Hiroshima, Japan; for information on this town, see Saka, Hiroshima. ...

At an altitude of 1,493 meters (4,898 feet), Saqqez has a seasonally varying climate with cold, snowy winters and hot, dry summers. During summers, there is a large daily temperature range due to the combination of thin, dry air, produced by the high elevation, and low summertime humidity.