Shabestar County
Shabestar County () is in East Azerbaijan province, Iran
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East Azerbaijan
East Azerbaijan province () is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Tabriz.
The province is located in Iranian Azerbaijan, bordering Armenia, the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ardabil province, West Azerbaijan province ...
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Iran
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. The city is 72 km from
Tabriz
Tabriz (; ) is a city in the Central District (Tabriz County), Central District of Tabriz County, in the East Azerbaijan province, East Azerbaijan province of northwestern Iran. It serves as capital of the province, the county, and the distric ...
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History
The main industry of Khameneh used to be fabric and wool. Marefat (Nesar) school, the first school in Shabestar area, was built in Khameneh in 1899.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 2,750 in 827 households. The following census in 2011 counted 2,541 people in 812 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 3,056 people in 1,009 households.
Attractions
* Masjid MirPanj (MirPanj Mosque)
* Qanatin (Aqueducts) of Khameneh
* Bazar (Market) of Khameneh
* Historical bathroom of Khameneh
* Qareh Kahriz tourism areaKhameneh --tourism places seeiran.ir Retrieved 9 November 2019
Mohammad Khiabani
Shaikh Mohammad Khiābāni (, 1880–1920), sometimes spelled Khiyabani, also known as Shaikh Mohammad Khiābāni Tabrizi was an Iranian peoples, Iranian Shia cleric, political leader, and representative to the Majlis of Iran, parliament.
He was ...
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Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Mir-Hossein Mousavi Khameneh (, ; born 2 March 1942) is an Iranian politician, artist, architect and opposition figure who served as the 45th and last Prime Minister of Iran from 1981 to 1989. He was a reformist candidate for the 2009 Iranian p ...
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Seyyed Ali Khamenei
Ali Hosseini Khamenei (; born 19 April 1939) is an Iranian cleric and politician who has served as the second supreme leader of Iran since 1989. He previously served as the third President of Iran, president from 1981 to 1989. Khamenei's tenure ...
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Supreme Leader of Iran
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