Salmas
Sign in to saveSalmas () is a city in the Central District of Salmas County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Salmas
- Settlement.official_name
- Salmas
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Salmas Overal.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 305px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Iran
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- 1
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Iran
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- West Azerbaijan
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Salmas
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Central
- Settlement.established_title
- Earliest Recognition
- Settlement.established_date
- 224–242 AD
- Settlement.established_title1
- Rebuilt
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- سلماس
- Country
- Iran
- Located in
- Central District
- Official language
- Persian
- Population
- 127864
- Area
- 9.26
- Elevation
- 1396
- Capital of
- Salmas County
- Official website
- salmas.ir
- Image
- Salmas -city.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Salmas
- category for people born here
- Category:People from Salmas
- Commons category
- Salmas
- native label
- سلماس
- male population
- 47808
- female population
- 45003
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Iron Age
- Classical Age
- Demographics
- Language and ethnicity
- Population
- Geography
- Climate
- Notable people
- Gallery
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- External links
Salmas () is a city in the Central District of Salmas County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.
== Etymology == The original name of Salmas was Dilman, which is probably related to the Daylamites who sometimes controlled the region. In the 20th century, it was known as Shapur.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Salmas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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