Qom

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For the administrative divisions, see Qom province and Qom County. For other places with the same name, see Qom (disambiguation).

Qom
قم
City
کلانشهر قم · Qom Metropolis
Top: Fatima Masumeh Shrine, Second Row: Left: Bagh-e Gonbad-e Sabz Right: Grand Timcheh of Qom, Third Row: Left: Feyziyeh Madrasas Right: Qom Jamkaran Mosque, Bottom: Panoramic view of downtown Qom
Flag of Qom
Flag
Qom is located in Iran
Qom
Qom
Coordinates: 34°38′24″N 50°52′35″E / 34.64000°N 50.87639°E / 34.64000; 50.87639[2]
CountryIran
ProvinceQom
CountyQom
DistrictCentral
Government
 • MayorMorteza Saghaeiannejad
Elevation
936 m (3,071 ft)
Population
 (2016)
 • City1,201,158[1]
 • Metro
1,260,000 [3]
 • Population Rank in Iran
7th
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
Postal code
37100
Area codes(+98) 025
ClimateBWh
Websiteqom.ir

Qom (Persian: قم; [ɢom] ⓘ)[a] is a city in the Central District of Qom County, Qom province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district.[4] It is the seventh-largest metropolis[5] and also the seventh-largest city in Iran.[6] The city is 140 km (87 mi) to the south of Tehran,[7] and on the banks of the Qom River.

Qom is considered holy in Shi'a Islam, as it is the site of the shrine of Fatimah bint Musa, sister of Imam Ali ibn Musa Rida[8] (Persian: Imam Reza; 789–816). The city is the largest center for Shi'a scholarship in the world, and is a significant destination of pilgrimage, with around twenty million pilgrims visiting the city every year, the majority being Iranians but also other Shi'a Muslims from all around the world.[9]

Qom has developed into a lively industrial center owing in part to its proximity to Tehran. It is a regional center for the distribution of petroleum and petroleum products, and a natural gas pipeline from Bandar Anzali and Tehran and a crude oil pipeline from Tehran run through Qom to the Abadan refinery on the Persian Gulf. Qom gained additional prosperity when oil was discovered at Sarajeh near the city in 1956 and a large refinery was built between Qom and Tehran.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2016 census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (13 May 2023). "Qom, Qom County" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Major Agglomerations of the World – Population Statistics and Maps". citypopulation.de. Archived from the original on 13 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  4. ^ Habibi, Hassan (12 September 1990). "Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Tehran province centered on the city of Tehran". Islamic Parliament Research Center (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board. Archived from the original on 30 November 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  5. ^ The metropolises of Iran amar.org.ir Retrieved 19 Oct 2018
  6. ^ The largest cities in Iran worldatlas.com Retrieved 21 Oct 2018
  7. ^ The province Qom yjc.ir Retrieved 21 Oct 2018
  8. ^ The biography of Hazrat Ma'sumeh tasnimnews.com Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  9. ^ Alex Shams (6 December 2018), "On Persian pilgrimages, Pakistanis and Indians reconnect with Iran", Dawn News. Retrieved 9 March 2019.


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