Tabriz

Tabriz (Azerbaijani:Təbriz/تبریز) ()  is the fowert lairgest ceety an ane o the historical caipitals o Iran an the caipital o East Azerbaijan Province. Situatit at an altitude o 1,350 meters at the junction o the Quri River an Aji River, it wis the seicont lairgest ceety in Iran till the late 1960s, ane o its umwhile caipitals, an residence o the croun prince unner the Qajar dynasty. The ceety haes pruiven extremely influential in the kintra’s recent history. Tabriz is locatit in a valley tae the north o the lang ridge o the volcanic cone o Sahand, sooth o the Eynali muntain. The valley opens oot intae a plain that slopes gently doun tae the northren end o Lake Urmia, 60 km tae the wast. Wi cauld winters an temperate simmers the ceety is considered a simmer resort.

 Sister ceeties an twin touns 
Tabriz is twinned wi the follaein ceeties:
  Baku, AzerbaijanBaku#cite note-27,
  Gaza, Palestine
  Ho Chi Minh Ceety, Vietnam
  Istanbul, Turkey
  Izmir, Turkey
  Erzurum, Turkey
  Faisalabad, Pakistan
  Khujand, Tajikistan
  Kazan, Roushie
  Konya, Turkey
  Vienna, AustrickAgreement between Tabriz and Vienna municipality
  Wuhan, Cheenae

 References 

 Freemit airtins 
Tabriz Municipality wabsteid 
Tabriz Tv 

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Category:Ceeties in East Azerbaijan Province
Category:Iranian provincial caipitals
Category:Populatit places in Tabriz Coonty
Category:Pre-Islamic heritage o Iran
Category:Populatit places alang the Silk Road
Category:Iranian airchitectur
Category:Airchaeological steids in Iran
Category:Umwhile caipitals o Iran