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Country
  
Iran

Bakhsh
  
Central

Elevation
  
1,034 m

Local time
  
Tuesday 5:41 PM

County
  
Jolfa

Time zone
  
IRST (UTC+3:30)

Population
  
27,842 (2006)

Province
  
East Azerbaijan Province

Hadishahr

Weather
  
12°C, Wind S at 6 km/h, 44% Humidity

Hadishahr (Persian: هاديشهر‎‎; also Romanized as Hādīshahr, Hādī Shahr, Gargar, Alamdar) is a city in the Central District of Jolfa County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 27,842, in 7,552 families.

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Map of Hadishahr, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran

Archaeology

Near the city of Hadishahr, there's an ancient site of Kul Tapeh (Kul Tepe). It dates back to the later Chalcolithic period (second half of the fourth millennium BC). Occupation continues into the late Bronze Age. Pottery sherds have been recovered from the Late Chalcolithic, Bronze Age and Urartian periods.

The early site belongs to the Early Trans-Caucasian or Kura-Araxes culture, which spread through the Caucasus and the Urmia Basin.

Famous People from Hadishahr

  • Haydar Hatemi (Painter)
  • Dariush Pirniakan (musician)
  • References

    Hadishahr Wikipedia