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Tabriz (Azerbaijani:Təbriz/تبریز) (pronunciation ) is the fowert lairgest ceety an ane o the historical caipitals o Iran an the caipital o East Azerbaijan Province. Situatit at an altitude o 1,350 meters at the junction o the Quri River an Aji River, it wis the seicont lairgest ceety in Iran till the late 1960s, ane o its umwhile caipitals, an residence o the croun prince unner the Qajar dynasty. The ceety haes pruiven extremely influential in the kintra’s recent history. Tabriz is locatit in a valley tae the north o the lang ridge o the volcanic cone o Sahand, sooth o the Eynali muntain. The valley opens oot intae a plain that slopes gently doun tae the northren end o Lake Urmia, 60 km tae the wast. Wi cauld winters an temperate simmers the ceety is considered a simmer resort.

Sister ceeties an twin touns

Tabriz is twinned wi the follaein ceeties:

• Baku, Azerbaijan
• Gaza, Palestine
• Ho Chi Minh Ceety, Vietnam
• Istanbul, Turkey
• Izmir, Turkey
• Erzurum, Turkey
• Faisalabad, Pakistan
• Khujand, Tajikistan
• Kazan, Roushie
• Konya, Turkey
• Vienna, Austrick
• Wuhan, Cheenae

Freemit airtins

• Tabriz Municipality wabsteid
• Tabriz Tv

Precedit bi Maragheh	Caipital o Iran 1265–1353	Succeedit bi Samarkand
Precedit bi Samarkand	Caipital o Iran 1375–1514	Succeedit bi Qazvin

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