Mehraban, Iran

Mehraban
Persian: مهربان
City
شهر_مهربان،_میدان_مهروان
Mehraban is located in Iran
Mehraban
Mehraban
Coordinates: 38°04′52″N 47°07′56″E / 38.08111°N 47.13222°E / 38.08111; 47.13222[1]
CountryIran
ProvinceEast Azerbaijan
CountySarab
DistrictMehraban
Population
 (2024)[2]
 • Total12,937
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Mehraban (Persian: مهربان)[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Mehraban District of Sarab County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran.[4]

Mehraban or Mehrvan is one of the old towns in the suburbs of Tabriz. Mehraban is the base of the Parthian army to fight against the empire

It was Rome and Mehrvan plain was the place where Babak Khorramdin's troops fought against the invaders. This city is the center of Mehraban city with a population of 38, 000 people and is located sixty kilometers east of Tabriz. Mehraban, along with Tabriz and Haris, is one of the three main cities for the production of handwoven carpets in East Azarbaijan, and Mehraban is also the origin of traditional Iranian flour.

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (5 September 2024). "Mehraban, Sarab County" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2016 East Azerbaijan Province was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Mehraban, Iran can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3074662" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  4. ^ Habibi, Hassan (c. 2013) [Approved 21 June 1369]. Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the country divisions of East Azerbaijan province centered on the city of Tabriz. rc.majlis.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board. Notification 8284/2T142K. Archived from the original on 4 August 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2023 – via Research Center of the System of Laws of the Islamic Council of the Farabi Library of Mobile Users.


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