Why visit Naqadeh
Townapedia lists 3 museums and landmarks, 18 parks and trails, 8 places to eat and 1 attraction in and around town.
Highlights include Dalma Tepe, Maa Gallery and پارک قالا باشی.
Weather in Naqadeh
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About Naqadeh
Naqadeh (Persian: نقده) is a city in the Central District of Naqadeh County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. The city has at least one Armenian church.
From the Wikipedia article Naqadeh (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Things to do1
Museums and landmarks3
Dalma Tepe
Monument and historic site · 3.7 km
Archaeological site in Naqadeh County, Iran
Maa Gallery
Museum · 1.1 km
1 کوچه شهید اکبر نادری, شهر نقده
Sa-Th 09:00-22:00. Fr 17:00-22:00
Parks, trails and playgrounds18
6 more on the map.
Restaurants and cafes8
History
In 1303, during the reign of Ilkhanid ruler Ghazan, the area comprising Naqadeh County was distributed in fiefs. According to the orientalist Vladimir Minorsky (died 1966), citing the 16th-century Kurdish prince and writer Sharafkhan Bidlisi, during the rule of the Turkoman Aq Qoyunlu and Qara Qoyunlu (in about the 15th century), the Kurds of the Mukri occupied the county of Naqadeh, and its old inhabitants were most likely "reduced to servitude". Minorsky, citing a mutilated and undated part of Bidlisi's work, narrates that a certain Budak of the Kurdish Baban tribe captured the county in which Naqadeh is located from the Qizilbash. This event may refer to one of the abrupt outbursts of skirmishes which occurred on the Safavid frontier.
In 1828, following the Treaty of Turkmenchay, Iranian crown prince Abbas Mirza handed over the district in which Naqadeh is situated as a fief to 800 Turkic Karapapakh families and these new settlers, in return, had to have 400 horsemen ready for disposal for the government. Just prior to their arrival, the district had a population of 4–5,000 families of both Kurds and Muqaddam Shia Turks. The district would gradually fall into the hands of the Karapapakh newcomers. The state-supported Karapapakh consolidated their power quickly by attacking the Kurdish Mangur and Zerza tribes.
From the History section of Naqadeh on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Churches and places of worship9
Shopping13
Gas and EV charging3
Schools, colleges and libraries17
Healthcare11
Map of Naqadeh
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Getting there and nearby towns
Piranshahr Airport (KHA) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 33 km away.
- Qārnā 8 km southwest, about 8 min by car
- Moḩammad Yār 12 km east, about 12 min by car
- Deh Shams-e Bozorg 16 km west, about 16 min by car
- Mahābād 37 km southeast, about 37 min by car
- Orūmīyeh 72 km north, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Bonāb 73 km northeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Būkān 88 km southeast, about 1 h 30 min by car
- Ţāleb Khān 87 km northeast, about 1 h 30 min by car
- Marāgheh 90 km northeast, about 1 h 30 min by car
- Sardasht 89 km south, about 1 h 30 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- نقده۲, Amir a57, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Ceramic button-base cup, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0
- قالا باشی - panoramio, alisharafiii, CC BY 3.0
- Hasanlu hill, MahdiRahnavard, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hasanlu hill 1, MahdiRahnavard, CC BY-SA 4.0
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