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	West Azarbaijan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		West Azarbaijan (in Persian آذربایجان ;غربی Azerbāijān-e-Qarbi, in Kurdish: Azerbaycanî Rojawa, in Azerbaijani language: Qərbi Azərbaycan,) is one of the 30 provinces of Iran.
		The province of West Azarbaijan covers an area of 39,487 sq and 43,660 sq including Urmia lake.In 2005 this province had a population of 2 955 634, about 3 000 000 [1].The capital city of the province is Urmia.
		West Azarbaijan province is one of the most important provinces for Iran’s agriculture.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/West_Azarbaijan (1110 words)

	East Azarbaijan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		East Azarbaijan (Persian: آذربایجان شرقی, Āzarbāyjān-e Šarqi) is one of the 30 provinces of Iran.
		It is in the northwest of the country, bordering Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan, and the provinces of Ardabil, West Azarbaijan, and Zanjan.
		East Azarbaijan province is also one of the richest regions of Iran in natural minerals, with 180 mines in 1997, of which 121 units are currently in operation, and the rest are being planned.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/East_Azarbaijan (850 words)

	Info and facts on 'East Azarbaijan' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A fine network of roads and railways connect East Azarbaijan to other parts of Iran (A theocratic islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil; involved in state-sponsored terrorism) and also to neighboring countries.
		East Azarbaijan is one of the more archaic territories in Iran (A theocratic islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil; involved in state-sponsored terrorism).
		East Azarbaijan province is an industrial centre of Iran (A theocratic islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil; involved in state-sponsored terrorism).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/ea/east_azarbaijan.htm (960 words)

	West Azarbaijan - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		West Azarbaijan (آذربایجان غربی in Persian) is one of the 30 provinces of Iran.
		Most residents of the province are ethnic Azeris who have lived for centuries in the region known as Azarbaijan, which stretches from the Republic of Azerbaijan of the former Soviet Union to the province of Zanjan in Iran.
		Again not surprisingly, West Azarbaijan province is one of the most important provinces for Iran's agriculture.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/West_Azarbaijan (728 words)

	West Azarbaijan Eden of Cultural, Eco-Tourists
		Salty water of Urumieh Lake is an environment for a type of crustacean registered with the international name of "Artmia Urumina" which is a good nutritional source for shrimps, fishes, and the birds living in the shorelines.
		The beauties of West Azarbaijan are not limited to the National Park of Urumieh Lake; but ecotourists can enjoy the magnificence of Alvatan Forests, located between the cities of Sardasht and Piranshahr, Salmas Waterfall, Sahoulan Cave of Mahabad, Marmisho Lake near Urumieh, and so many other attractions of the region.
		Azarbaijan Province with 43,660 square kilometers in area is home to 7.2 million populations.
	www.mehrnews.ir /en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=16323 (434 words)

	Azarbaijan Sights at Best Iran Travel.com
		Until recently there were two Azarbaijan (Azerbaijan or Azarbayjan) provinces in Iran, Western Azarbaijan Province and Eastern Azarbaijan Province which are located on the northwest corner of Iran.
		Western Azarbaijan Province is on the border of Turkey and the independent Republic of Azarbaijan.
		Eastern Azarbaijan Province capital is Tabriz which is set in a valley at the foot of the Sahand Mountains.
	www.bestirantravel.com /sights/azarbaijan/azarbaijan.html (267 words)

	The Aryan National Press
		Editor's Note : For the purpose of distinguishing between the land of Azarbaijan in Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan, the names of the two areas are spelled using different vowels, as underlined.
		It was mostly run by immigrants from the Caucasus and the executors of Soviet policy, especially the cronies of Mir-Dja'far Bagherov, the secretary of the central committee of the Communist Party of the Caucasus.
		Now, we should see whether such services are valuable or whether the lies and the gibberish that some put together in order to sell the results of 50 years of treason, spying, betrayal of one's own country that make people hate everything associated with socialism, as service to their compatriots.
	www.geocities.com /aryannews/aran.htm (2833 words)

	Drug Applied Research Center-Iran at a glance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		It is bordered to the north by Armenia, Azarbaijan, Turkamenistan and the Caspian Sea, to the east by Afghanistan and Pakistan, to the south by the Oman Sea and the Persian Gulf, and to the west by Iraq and Turkey.
		According to him, during the rule of Alexander of the Macedonia in Iran in 331 BC, an Iranian commander by the name Aturpat, was in charge of one small city from the Maade region.
		Azarbaijan is a combination of three words: "Atur" meaning "Azar" or "Fire", "pat" or "paay" from the persian word "paayeedan" meaning "to look after" or "to secure" and, "Gan" a suffix meaning "a place".
	www.hbi.ir /hosting/tb_darc/iri.htm (790 words)

	Iranian Cities: Tabriz
		The capital of East Azarbaijan (or Aturpatgan) province, the land of the nobles of Iran
		It is the land of Azargoshnasp temple; The fire temple of the Kings and the Nobles of Iran.
		Tabriz, Being the provincial capital of East Azarbaijan (Aturpatgan), has slightly more than 1,700,000 population and was the second largest city in Iran until the early 1970's.
	www.iranchamber.com /cities/tabriz/tabriz.php (1361 words)

	Iranian Provinces: East Azarbaijan
		he province of East Azarbaijan is 45,481 km2 (17,560 sq mi) in the north-west of Iran, bordering Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan, and the provinces of Ardabil, West Azarbaijan, and Zanjan.
		East Azarbaijan province is an industrial centre of Iran and has over 5000 manufacturing units, of which at least 800 are industrial (6% percent of national total) in year 2004.
		East Azarbaijan province is also one of the richest regions of Iran in natural minerals.
	www.iranchamber.com /provinces/08_east_azarbaijan/08_east_azarbaijan.php (528 words)

	History
		In reference to the etymology of the term Azarbaijan, the late scholar and iconoclastic thinker, Ahmad Kasravi Tabrizi, himself an Iranian from Azarbaijan, has numerous enlightening articles, the following, is a shortened version of one called The Azarbaigan.
		Among the provinces of Iran, perhaps none is as renowned as Azarbaijan or Azarbaigan.
		The 160 km long Talkheh Rud or Aji Chai is the major river of the city, formed by merging of three smaller rivers of Ab Nahand, Guri Chai, and Ojan Chai which all originate from the Sabalan Mountain range and heights in the southeastern part of the town.
	home.att.net /~aturpat/history.htm (3735 words)

	Provinces
		West Azarbaijan Province is located in north-western Iran, between latitudes 35-58' and 39-47' N. and longitudes 44-14' and 47-19' E. Iran's northernmost and western most border is the town of Maku, which is in West Azarbaijan Province.
		The province is bounded on the north by Azerbaijan Republic, Armenia and Turkey, on the west by Turkey and Iraq, on the south by Kurdistan, and on the east by East Azarbaijan and Zanjan province.
		Ardebil Province is located north-west of Iran, between latitudes 37-06' and 39-42' N. and longitudes 47-17' and 48-55' E. It is bounded on the north by Azerbaijan Republic, on the west by East Azarbaijan province, on the east by Gilan, and on the south by Zanjan province.
	www.iranembassy.hu /province.htm (1685 words)

	East_Azarbaijan
		With 235 kilometers international border with the Azarbaijan Republic, Armenia, and Nakhjavan, this province is neighbor to these new states.
		The most significant characteristic of the Azarbaijani culture, is the language and the local folklore, which have been mixed with the old traditions and the local customs.
		The spoken language in Azarbaijan is the Turkish Azery.
	hem.passagen.se /maveus/east_azarbaijan.htm (252 words)

	Iran: Migratory birds in West Azarbaijan drops by 70 percent this winter
		Salmas, West Azarbaijan prov, Jan 29, IRNA -- Head of Salmas Environment Department Jafar Mohammadpour said here on Wednesday that the population of migratory birds spending winter at lagoons in the city of Salmas, has dropped by 70 percent.
		Mohammadpour told IRNA that this year's drought, drying up of lagoons and the fall in water level at Orumiyeh Lake were responsible for for the drop.
		The city of Salmas with a population of 170,000 is located 95 kms to the north of West Azarbaijan's capital of Orumiyeh.
	www.payvand.com /news/03/jan/1144.html (221 words)

	Gardeshyaran International Tours and Travel Agency
		The eastern Azarbaijan province with the vastness of 45261/4 sq km is located in the corner of northeast of Iran plateau.
		Azarbaijan is an elevated region that has high mountains all over it.
		The ancient history of Azarbaijan is mixed with the history of the Median Tribe.
	www.gardeshyaran.com /cities/showstate.asp?id=13 (112 words)

	Harvard IOHP \| Mozaffar Firouz Transcripts
		Following negotiations with the representatives of Azarbaijan in Tehran, the head of state (the prime minister) dispatched me, together with a committee, to Azarbaijan to continue negotiations with those representatives, under his grand instructions, until the problems between us are resolved and settled in the interests of freedom and national unity.
		Finally, I, for all my countrymen, announce that Azarbaijan, despite the poisonous propaganda of ill-wishing elements, has been and always will be an inseparable part of Iran, and no one is able to separate the honorable and patriotic offspring of Azarbaijan from the motherland.
		To not let the Azarbaijan affair be settled, that would have been sufficient for the proclamation of a southern independence, you see.
	www.fas.harvard.edu /~iohp/firouz2.html (6509 words)

	ARRAN the real name of the republic of Azerbaijan (The Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies - CAIS)©
		For the purpose of distinguishing between the land of Azarbaijan province in Iran and the former Iranian province in Caucuses, what is today known as the Republic of Azerbaijan, the names of the two areas are spelled using different vowels, as underlined.
		His latest studies are focused on the history of Azarbaijan and Aran.
		"Azarbaijan, which was 'Aturpatekan' in Pahlavi and 'Azarbadekan' in Armenian, is the rich industrial northern province of Iran.
	www.cais-soas.com /CAIS/Geography/arran_or_azerbaijan.htm (2964 words)

	THE IRANIAN: Azaris, Fatema Soudavar Farmanfarmaian
		The fact is that so-called 'northern Azarbaijan' has only borne that name since 1918, and that was in a bid to dissociate itself from Russia and bring itself closer to its cultural roots.
		To reaffirm their claim on the name of Azarbaijan, their then UNESCO delegate produced a letter by Ibrahim Khalil Khan, the great and wily Khan of Qarabagh at the time of Aqa Mohammad Khan's first incursions into the Qarabagh (coincidental with those of the Russians in Georgia).
		That there should be no textual evidence before that for the name of Azarbaijan, does not mean that it was not in use already before Atropates was sent to govern the province.
	www.iranian.com /Opinion/2002/October/Azari (1783 words)

	South Azarbaijan
		An Azarbaijan free from persian chauvinism, discrimination, inequality and sectarianism.
		In spite of that turkish people in South Azarbaijan are deprived from all national basic rights which are confirmed in International Laws and human right conventions.
		The main purpose of the South Azarbaijan National Movement is to gain national and personal rights of the turkish people of South Azarbaijan.
	southazarbaijan.blogspot.com (2857 words)

	WSAVA 2001 - SEROLOGICAL STUDY OF CANINE EHRLICHIOSIS IN WESTERN AND EASTERN AZARBAIJANS OF IRAN
		Materials and Methods: Blood samples from 980 dogs (510 domestic dogs and 475 wild dogs) in West Azarbaijan and 820 dogs (520 domestic dogs and 300 wild dogs) in East Azarbaijan were obtained.
		Hematological and biochemical tests and also indirect immunofluorescence assay (Ristic et al, 1986) were used for diagnosis of disease and the variants of the organism.
		Conclusion: Ehrlichiosis in Iran and especially in Azarbaijan is one of the most prevalent tick borne diseases.
	www.vin.com /VINDBPub/SearchPB/Proceedings/PR05000/PR00227.htm (242 words)

	Iran Ardabil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The history of the province of Ardabil is a part of the history of Azarbaijan.
		At the time of the moslem Arabs invasion of Iran, (year 22 AH) the city of Ardabil was the largest in Azarbaijan, which failed to the Muslims.
		In addition to the tourism attraction of the province, its significant location on the strategic border area as a neighbour with the Republic of Azarbaijan, have well faciliated for the development process of the province and the whole region.
	www.iranparadise.com /Iran/Ardabil.htm (1812 words)

	Iran News - East Azarbaijan, Armenia ink MoU (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Governor-General of East Azarbaijan Mohammad Ali Sobhanolahi and the visiting Armenian Agriculture Minister David Zadoyan signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) here Friday to promote their agricultural cooperation, IRNA reported.
		The MoU further provided that the two sides are to exchange scientific and technical information as well expert delegations to learn from each other's experiences in the agriculture, animal husbandry and fisheries sectors as well as in the mechanics of raising turkeys and quails.
		The governor-general of East Azarbaijan agreed to train Armenian experts in the field of cattlebreading either in Iran or in Armenia, if requested by the latter.
	www.iranmania.com /news/ArticleView?NewsCode=13401&NewsKind=BusinessEconomy (356 words)

	Iran - WORLD WAR II AND THE AZARBAIJAN CRISIS
		This led to fierce Soviet propaganda attacks on the government and agitation by the Tudeh in favor of a Soviet oil concession.
		In December 1945, the Azarbaijan Democratic Party, which had close links with the Tudeh and was led by Jafar Pishevari, announced the establishment of an autonomous republic.
		In February 1949, the Tudeh was blamed for an abortive attempt on the shah's life, and its leaders fled abroad or were arrested.
	countrystudies.us /iran/16.htm (886 words)

	BAKU ACCUSES ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF ESPIONAGE FOR ARMENIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Muslim Azarbaijan and Christian Armenia are at war over the strategic region of Nagorni Qarabaq, a densely Armenian populated plateau enclave inside Azarbaijan and occupied by Armenia in 1997, after months of heavy fighting between the two neighbours, both of them former republics of the Soviet Union.
		Although both Iran and Azarbaijan are predominantly of the Muslim Shi'a sect and the 18 millions Iranian Azeri have close connections to their 7 to 8 millions inhabitants of the newly independent Republic of Azarbaijan, the Islamic Republic has a very close and friendly relations with Christian orthodox Armenia.
		He also accused the Islamic Republic of inviting hundreds of young Azeris to be formed in theological schools, but in fact they receive military training with the aim of toppling the present democratic system of the nation and creating an Islamic regime similar to the one existing in Tehran.
	www.iran-press-service.com /articles/iranazar_1269923.html (576 words)

	Báb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Before the Báb could meet the Shah, the Shah's prime-minister sent the Báb to Tabriz in the north of the country, where he was confined and was not allowed to see any visitors.
		The Báb was then transferred to the fortress of Maku in the province of Azarbaijan.
		During his time in Maku, the Báb wrote his most important work, the Persian Bayan, which he never finished before his death.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/B%c3%a1b (2940 words)

	TEHRAN BAKU RELATIONS: A ONE WAY STREET WITH A RED LIGHT
		Nonetheless, traders, businessmen and government officials from the two neighbouring countries are not happy, as seen from the last meeting of Iranian and RA economic experts where both side complained about the lack of initiatives compared to the wide scope of possibilities for a much greater co-operation.
		Explaining the reasons, Mr Alireza Bigdeli, the Iranian Ambassador to RA is quoted to have attributed the increasing tensions between Tehran and Baku to the victory of the ayatollah Mohammad Khatami and to "changes" in Iranian foreign diplomacy.
		Like Moscow, Tehran insist that none of the five nations bordering the Caspian Sea, which are Iran, Russia, Turkemenistan, Kazakhstan and Azarbaijan must go ahead with taping the energy resources of this region before its juridical situation is fixed by new agreement, these waters being officially divided between Iran and the former Soviet Union.
	www.iran-press-service.com /articles/tehran_baku.html (632 words)

	Pre-Islamic Graves Preserved in Azarbaijan Museum
		TEHRAN, June 18 (Mehr News Agency) –- An array of graves dating back to the pre-Islamic era is preserved in Azarbaijan Museum of Tabriz, East Azarbaijan Province.
		The graves were discovered through archaeological excavations in an open area near Kaboud Mosque in Tabriz, said the curator of the museum.
		As one of the oldest in Iran, the museum is home to a great number of priceless ancient artifacts.
	www.mehrnews.com /en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=5977 (106 words)

	Tabriz, A major Industrial City in Iran, Capital of Azarbaijan Province in Iran
		Tabriz is the capital of Azarbaijan province and one of the major trade centers in Iran.
		Tabriz is located about 600 KM North West of Tehran and is surrounded by Iraq to the west, Turkey to the north west and Azarbaijan to the north.
		Tabriz is a moderate size city with population of about 1.5 million.
	www.farsinet.com /tabriz (134 words)

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