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	Qom Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Qom is one of the 30 provinces of Iran with 11,237 km², covering 0.89% of the total area in Iran.
		It is in the north of the country, and its provincial capital is the city of Qom.
		The climate of Qom province varies between a desert and semi-desert climate, and comprises of mountainous areas, foothills and plains.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Qom_Province (939 words)

	Qom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Qom is famous for the shrine of Hazrat Masoumeh, first built in the late 8th century.
		It lies 97 miles by road south-west of Tehran and is the capital of Qom Province.
		During the caliphate of ˤUmar ibn al-Khattāb, Qom fell to the invading Arab armies of Islam.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Qom (863 words)

	Qom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Qom or Qum (قم in Persian) is a city in Iran.
		It is the center of the Qom province, with a population of 780,000.
		Qom was the home for many years of the Ayatollah Khomeini who led Iran from Qom for a while after the 1979 revolution.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Qom (98 words)

	Qom
		It is the capital of Qom Province with 1.05 million inhabitants (2005 estimate) and an area of 11,237 km².
		Qom is connected by road and rail to Teheran 200 km north, Kashan 100 km southeast, Yazd 500 km southeast and Esfahan 300 km south.
		Qom is a sacred city for Shi'i Islam, and has a golden-domed shrine from the 9th century, that is built around the tomb of Fatima, Imam Reza's sister.
	i-cias.com /e.o/qom.htm (279 words)

	ICHO ::: Markazi Province (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The central province is located between Alborz and Zagros mountains chain and in proximity Kavir Markazi between 33 degrees and 30 minutes to 35 degrees and 35 minutes north widthwise and 48 degrees and 57 minutes to 51 degrees eastern longitude Grinvich’s meridian.
		This province is bounded to the north by Tehran and Ghazvin province, to south by Isfahan and Larestan provinces, to east by Isfahan and Tehran provinces and to west by Hamedan province.
		The reason of variety of continental and climate of this province is because of oscillations of height in different regions; as it can be said that the difference of height between the lowest point of this province as dasht-e saveh with 950m height and the tallest point-summit as Shahbaz with 3,388m height- is about 2,400m.
	www.markazimiras.ir /en-site/tabiiee.htm (1018 words)

	Sistan and Baluchistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Sistan and Baluchistan is one of the 28 provinces of Iran.
		The province is the second largest in with the area of 181 600 sq and a population of 2.1 million.
		The capital of the province is Zahedan a population of 420 000 inhabitants.
	www.freeglossary.com /Sistan_va_Baluchestan (442 words)

	iransebttour.com \| Iran Sebt Tour Cultural Agency (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Qom was the name of the ancient rampart of the city of Qom, thus, the Arabs called it Qom.
		During the Arab conquests in Iran, Qom was a district of Esfahan and thereby was captured along with the same.
		It was during the reign of Caliph Omar II, that Qom was captured by the Moslems, and was turned into a city due to migration of the Ashari tribe from Kufeh.
	www.iransebttour.com /highlights/Qom.asp (1178 words)

	Qom
		The province has an area of 10,743 sq.km and population of 873,300 in 2001.
		The city of Qom has, for years, been the host to people interested in Holy Prophet of Islam Hazrat Mohammad(Peace be Upon Him and His Progeny) infallible household, coming to the area to visit the holy shrine of Hazrat Masoumeh (A.S.) the noble sister of Hazrat Ali Abn Mousa Al-Reza (A.S.), the 8
		Pottery dishes and china utensils, silken carpets, lithic objects engraved furniture and steel are among the handicrafts of Qom.
	www.mohajeri.com /qom.htm (240 words)

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		according to reports from qom (central province), the fitr prayerswere held at hazrat masoomah's (as) holy shrine and surrounding streets led by ayatollah mahfouzi as well as at mossalla of qom by ayatollah ali meshkini on sunday.
		orchards in the province have also increased to 6,370 hectares with an annual yield of over 60,000 tons of various kinds of fruits.
		the main rice producing areas in iran are gilan and mazandaran provinces on the caspian sea coast.
	www.salamiran.org /Media/IRNA/970209.html (2131 words)

	About Qom Province ::: ITTO.org ::: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Bakhtegan Lake is thelargest in the province of Fars.
		Tehran`s largest neighbor with an area of 10,743 square km on a low plain and 930 meters above sea level, Qom Province borders on Tehran and Semnan provinces to the north, Esfahan to the south, and Central province to the east.
		On route to Esfahan, Kashan, Yazd and Kerman by train or bus (on Tehran-Qom highway), Qom as the capital of the province has easy access to Saveh and Tafresh to the northwest; Mahallat and Delijan to the southwest, and Kavir and salt lake to the east.
	www.itto.org /province/province.asp?prv=qom&detail=1 (149 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Qom
		Qom, city in central Iran, and administrative center of Qom province.
		Located about 120 km (about 75 mi) south of the capital city of Tehrān, Qom is...
		Beginning about 50 km (30 mi) west of the city of Qom, the Dasht-e Kavir extends eastward about...
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Qom.html (82 words)

	Court sentences editor of weekly to 4-month suspended jail
		Qom, May 1, IRNA -- A court in this religious city in central Iran has sentenced the editor of a local weekly to four months in jail and banned him from press activities for six months, but it has suspended the execution of the punishments for two years.
		Hojjat Heydari, the managing editor of the weekly Payam-e Qom (Message of Qom), has been indicted by the court on charge of publishing "untrue reports and insulting public opinion and revolutionary values," according to a ruling, a copy of which was made available to IRNA.
		The plaintiff in the case is the Justice Department of Qom province which has cited the weekly's reports on alleged usury and corruption in the city as amounting to "spread of corruption in a city whose residents are committed to religious tenets and banishing vices."
	www.payvand.com /news/02/may/1000.html (513 words)

	Iranian Provinces: Tehran
		This province has common borders with the Mazandaran province from north, Qom province from south, Semnan province from east and Qazvin province from west.
		The highest point of the province is Mount Damavand at an elevation of 5,678 m, and the lowest point of the province being the plains of Varamin, 790 m above sea level.
		The climate of Tehran province in the southern areas is warm and dry, but in the mountain vicinity is cold and semi-humid, and in the higher regions is cold with long winters.
	www.iranchamber.com /provinces/01_tehran/01_tehran.php (597 words)

	SCWMRI
		Geological & Eros ional classification of the marly sediments downstream of the Qezelozan basin in Zanjan province
		Morpho---- climatic classification of gullies in Markazi province.
		Morpho –climatic classification of gullies in semnan province
	www.scwmri.ac.ir /soil_current.asp (2405 words)

	Qom
		The foundation of the city of Qom, the provincial capital, is attributed to Bahram V called Gur (5th century) and also to Tahmures, the third king of the Pishdadian dynasty.
		Due to the shrine of her holiness Ma'sumeh, the sister of Imam Reza, the eighth Imam of the Shiites, it is of great religious significance, attracting considerable numbers of pilgrims.
		The Mosque of Jamkaran on the road connecting Qom to Kashan is of high prominence among the Shiites.
	www.irantour.org /Iran/province/Qom.html (221 words)

	39,000 tourists visit City of Hazrat Masoomah (SA) : JAFARIYA NEWS, October 2 News
		HOLY CITY OF QOM, Iran: Around 39,000 tourists mostly from Islamic countries including Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf littoral states have visited the holy city of Qom over the past five months.
		It was announced by chief of Qom province travel and tourism department Mohammad Ali Fayazi on Monday during a news conference.
		Qom is that holy city of Iran where there is holy Shrine of Hazrat Sayyedah Fatimah Al-Masoomah (SA), the daughter of Hazrat Imam Moosa Kazim (AS) and sister of Hazrat Imam Ali Raza (AS).
	www.jafariyanews.com /oct2k2/2_qom.htm (197 words)

	IRVAJ English - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Qom - Advisor to minister of industries, Ali Asghar Yousefnejad, said here Wednesday that the ratification of the draft on renovation of industries by Majlis will be a step towards creation of new job opportunities, economic dynamism and industrial development.
		Referring to the investment growth rate in Qom Province over the past five years, he said that meanwhile around 600 new industrial units have been established in the Province which contribute to creation of 8,000 new jobs in the nation’s production chain.
		Yousefnejad’s visit to Qom is aimed at surveying the industrial projects underway in the the province.
	www.iranvajahan.net /cgi-bin/news_en.pl?l=en&y=2002&m=7&d=12&a=9 (300 words)

	Iran Focus-In Brief - Iran (General) - News
		The younger sister died after she threw herself from the seventh floor of a building while the other sister is said to be in critical condition.
		Qom - The Iranian judiciary in the holy city of Qom announced the introduction of a new Public Security Organisation.
		The cleric in charge of the judiciary in Qom province, Ali Talebi announced that the new organisation would combat social corruption on the streets.
	www.iranfocus.com /modules/news/article.php?storyid=655 (519 words)

	Qom, Iran, Pictures
		Located about 120 km (about 75 mi) south of the capital city of Tehran, Qom is situated in a 940-m (3100-ft) high basin on both banks of the Qom River, which flows from the Zagros Mountains west of the city and terminates in a large salt marsh.
		However, since the 1920s the city of Qom has been known primarily for its Shia Islamic theological colleges.
		In addition, for several centuries Qom has been an important pilgrimage center for Shia Muslims, who visit the famous shrine here to Fatima the Pure, a saint who lived during the 9th century.
	www.greatestcities.com /Middle_East/Iran/Qom_city.html (219 words)

	Qom City (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The region now called Qom province, located to the south of Tehran, has been inhabited by man since pre Islamic times.
		Qom is another important holy city in Iran the holy shrine of Hazrate
		SOWHAN, a kind of candy made of flour, honey and pistachios is traditional candy of Qom.
	www.shadmehrtour.com /travel/qom.htm (102 words)

	Gardeshyaran International Tours and Travel Agency (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		With an average annual rainfall of 14 mm, it lies in a hot sandy hollow between the mountains of Kashan and the great salt desert.
		Qom has been a leading center of Shiism.
		Bazaar of Qom, Desert National Park, Hoz-e Soltan Lake, Jamkaran Mosque, Salt Lake, Shrine of Hazrat-e Masumeh,
	www.gardeshyaran.com /cities/showstate.asp?id=25 (141 words)

	Qom To Produce 460 Tons of Fisheries Products
		Provincial Bureau of Qom Province Fishery director Ali Reza Javanmard said that it is projected that 430 tons of various kinds of fish, 1.5 ton of shrimp, and about 30 tons of other fish products are harvested in the natural and artificial lakes in the province.
		Statistics show that in 1380 (March 21, 2001-Match 20, 2002), the per capita consumption for Qom Province was only one kilogram, but with appropriate measures the figure now has reached 1.8 kilograms, he said.
		It is anticipated that by the end of this year, the figure will stand at 2.5 kilograms per year, Javanmard added.
	www.mehrnews.com /en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=93304 (260 words)

	Speeches
		The meeting was held on the occasion of the 28th anniversary of the Qom residents´ uprising against the former Pahlavi regime in 1978.
		The meeting was held on January 29, 2005 on the occasion of Eid-ul-Ghadir, the auspicious feast that marks the appointment of Imam Ali (greetings be upon him) as the successor to Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him and his infallible household) on a divine commandment.
		The meeting was held on the anniversary of the uprising of the residents of Qom Province against the former Pahlavi regime in 1978.
	www.khamenei.ir /EN/Speech/index.jsp (2056 words)

	9th Presidential Elections /POL/ - Irna (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Qom, June 17 -- Some 1,500 supervisors were dispatched to Qom Province on Friday by the Guardians Council in order to supervise and administer the ninth presidential race.
		The widespread participation of the people was also a firm response to foreign elements who had desperately tried to dissuade people from taking part in the occasion in the past few weeks.
		Hamedan: The province had one of the safest elections for years, the official reports from Hamedan suggested.
	www.irna.ir /en/news/view/menu-234/0506171216163108.htm (537 words)

	Workshop Thumbnail View \| TrekEarth
		The salt lake that you see here is located about 90 kilometers south of Tehran,in Qom province.
		Qom province has two large salt lakes,namely: Howz e Soltan Lake (in the shot),which can be seen from the Qom-Tehran freeway,and the larger Namak Lake further to the east.The "Namak" word means "Salt" in Persian language.
		The Howz e Soltan Lake has 20 kilometers long and 15 kilometers wide and its surface is covered with salt.
	www.trekearth.com /workshops/186827 (160 words)

	Safeguard Omniangels Iran Qom
		In general, the Omniangels are empowered and sanctified to act and operate within eleven distinctive ways or Spheres of Influence with the evolutionary life spirals living on this planet and in the overlapping dimensions.
		Qom (Qum, Kum) is one of the holy cities of the Shi'ite Muslims holy and home to Iran's largest seminary.
		Qom also continued to develop further when the Safavids ruled, and, during the Qajar era..
	www.blessingscornucopia.com /Angels_Angelic_Orders_Safeguard_Omniangels_Iran_Qom.htm (665 words)

	50 member gang of corruption and prostitution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The head of Qom's Justice Department also said: In light of the presence of the clergy in this city, such incidents are really a cause of concern.
		Talebi said there are hands acting from outside the city of Qom to undermine the intellectual and cultural foundations of this city.
		According to this official, corruption gangs in Qom are not limited to this one example.
	www.uri.edu /artsci/wms/hughes/50_member_gang (217 words)

	Median bas-relief bricks unearthed in Qom Province
		TEHRAN, Apr. 15 (MNA) -- Sixty-four bricks bearing bas-reliefs from the Median era were recently discovered at Qoli Darvish and Shamshirgah in Qom Province, one of the archaeologists working at the ancient sites announced on Friday.
		Located near the central Iranian city of Qom, Shamshirgah is the second most important Iron Age human habitation in the region.
		Due to inadequate security, looters were able to carry out illegal excavations at the cemetery of Sarm Tepe in mid March during a hiatus in the archaeological work.
	www.mehrnews.ir /en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=172256 (250 words)

	Felices Los Niños Foundation - In Derqui
		In Derqui, Pilar District, opposite the Cardenal Copello School, stands the Barrio Qom Day Care, belonging to the Felices los Niños Foundation and in operation since February 2000.
		Its special feature is that the home is dedicated to the Toba indigenous community; originally from Chaco province, some 32 families settled in Derqui city.
		This Day Care Center assists children, women and teenagers who are pregnant or have young babies, old people, disabled children and teenagers from the Toba community (the Qom community in their native language).
	www.feliceslosninos.org /en/obras/derqui.html (185 words)

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