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Hamadan
province is located in the western part of the country
with an area of more than 19000 square kilometers. It is
bounded on the north by the province of Zanjan, on the
south by Lorestan, on the east by the central province and
on the west by Kermanshah and Kurdistan. Hamadan is a
beautiful highland covered with huge mountains and green
slopes, farmlands, pastures, snowcapped peaks and fertile
valleys under a blue sky.
The highest and the most famous peak in Hamadan is Alvand
with a height of 3574 meters and a legenday and historical
fame no less than of Damavand . Hamadan is a cold province
with long winters where there is the mountains for eight
months of the year. This give the province very mild
summers and a green natural setting .
According to the latest statistical surveys, Hamadan
province’s population is 1,650,000 of various ethnic
origins with their own special cultures and traditions.
Almost all the population is muslim . In different areas
they speak Persian (Farsi), Turkish, Lori, Laki and
Kurdish however, all of them understand and speak persian.
The population of Hamadan privince is distributed in the 6
cities of Hamadan (the capital of the province),Malayer,
Nahavand, Twiserkan, Kabudarahang and Assadabad as well as
their various districts and villages.
The occupation of city dwellers is either administrative
or industrial services and in other parts of the province
agriculture constitutes the people’s main business.
The capital city of the province is linked by main roads,
to Qazvin, Tehran , Kermanshah (and the western parts of
the country), Malayer, Borujerd (and the southern areas)
and Saveh (and the country’s central regions). Let’s begin
the visit to Hamadan province.
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