Marand

The district and the Town of Marand are situated on the north-west of the East-Azarbaijan province, on a semi-mountainous area. More than two fifth of the total area are mountainous and the remaining are flat and highly fertilized area. Marand was an important center during the Kaldeh and Ashour period, and according to some historians, the profit Nooh was buried there.The name of Marand was extracted from the Pahlavid word "Maadvand" which means the place where the Maad tribes live.The most important historical and natural places in Marand are as following:
The Remainings of a Sasanid period Fire-Place which is located on the gray hill of Marand
The Jami’ Mosque of Marand which is very old,and belongs to the Pre-Islamic period, than the early Islamic.
St. Stepanos Church which belongs to theearly Islamic period.
Yaam Valley Leisure Place.
The Outskirt Of the Mishoodagh Mountain and the Water Fall of Asia Kharabeh