page_title: Qom
section_title: Tourism
hierarchical_section_title: Qom / Tourism
caption_attribution_description: English: Jamkaran Mosque is a popular pilgrimage site for Shi'ite Muslims. Local belief has it that the Twelfth Imam (Muhammad al-Mahdi) — a messiah figure Shia believe will lead the world to an era of universal peace — once appeared and offered prayers at Jamkaran.Camera location34°&#160;34′&#160;59.5″&#160;N, 50°&#160;54′&#160;50″&#160;E&#160;View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth
context_page_description: Qom is the seventh largest metropolis and also the seventh largest city in Iran. Qom is the capital of Qom Province. It is located 140 km to the south of Tehran. At the 2016 census, its population was 1,201,158. It is situated on the banks of the Qom River.
  Qom is considered holy in Shi'a Islam, as it is the site of the shrine of Fatimah bint Musa, sister of Imam Ali ibn Musa Rida. The city is the largest center for Shi'a scholarship in the world, and is a significant destination of pilgrimage, with around twenty million pilgrims visiting the city every year, the majority being Iranians but also other Shi'a Muslims from all around the world. Qom is also famous for a Persian brittle toffee known as sohan, considered a souvenir of the city and sold by 2,000 to 2,500 "sohan" shops.
  Qom has developed into a lively industrial centre owing in part to its proximity to Tehran. It is a regional centre for the distribution of petroleum and petroleum products, and a natural gas pipeline from Bandar Anzali and Tehran and a crude oil pipeline from Tehran run through Qom to the Abadan refinery on the Persian Gulf.
caption: Jamkaran Mosque
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