Hadishahr ( fa, هاديشهر; also
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d as Hādīshahr, Hādī Shahr, Gargar, Alamdar) is a town in the
Central District of
Jolfa County
Jolfa County ( fa, شهرستان جلفا) is located in East Azerbaijan province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Tur ...
,
East Azerbaijan Province
East Azerbaijan Province ( fa, استان آذربایجان شرقی ''Āzarbāijān-e Sharqi''; az-Arab, شرقی آذربایجان اوستانی) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is located in Iranian Azerbaijan, bordering Armenia, ...
,
Iran
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. At the 2006 census, its population was 27,842, in 7,552 families.
Near the town of Hadishahr, there's an ancient site of
Kul Tepe Jolfa
Kul Tepe Jolfa (Gargar Tepesi) (Kul Tapeh) is an ancient archaeological site in the Jolfa County of Iran, located in the city of Hadishahr, about 10 km south from the Araxes River.
It dates to Chalcolithic period (5000–4500 BC), and was disc ...
. It dates back to the Chalcolithic period (5000–4500 BC). Occupation continues into the late Bronze Age. Pottery sherds have been recovered from the Late Chalcolithic, Bronze Age and
Urartian periods.
The early site belongs to the Early Trans-Caucasian or
Kura-Araxes culture, which spread through the Caucasus and the
Urmia Basin.
Kul Tapeh: an early Bronze Age site in north-western Iran
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See also
*Kültəpə
Kültəpə (also rendered as Aşağı Gültəpə, Gültəpə, Kyul'tepe, Kul'tepe, and Kultepe) is a settlement dated from the Neolithic Age, a village and municipality in the Babek District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It has a population of 1,8 ...
, Azerbaijan
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*Kültepe
Kültepe ( Turkish: ''ash-hill''), also known as Kanesh or Nesha, is an archaeological site in Kayseri Province, Turkey, inhabited from the beginning of the 3rd millennium BC, in the Early Bronze Age.Kloekhorst, Alwin, (2019)Kanišite Hittite: ...
, Turkey
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*Gargareans
In Greek mythology, the Gargareans, or Gargarenses, ( el, Γαργαρείς ''Gargareis'') were an all-male tribe. They copulated with the Amazons annually in order to keep both tribes reproductive. Varying accounts suggest that they may have b ...
Notable people
* Haydar Hatemi
Haydar Hatemi (born March 3, 1945 in Hadishahr) is an Iranian artist whose work is based on blends of classical oriental styles such as miniature and tazhib, with some modern elements. His early studies in art started at Tabriz's Art Academy af ...
(painter)
* Dariush Pirniakan
Daryoush Pirniakan (Persian: داریوش پیرنیاکان) (b. 1955 in East Azerbaijan) is an Iranian musician, tar and setar player, and music researcher.
Biography
Daryoush Pirniakan, a musician and composer of Persian classical genre, lea ...
(musician)
References
Populated places in Jolfa County
Cities in East Azerbaijan Province
Kura-Araxes culture
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