Shabestar

Shabestar
شبستر
City
Shabestar is located in Iran
Shabestar
Shabestar
Coordinates: 38°10′48″N 45°42′11″E / 38.18000°N 45.70306°E / 38.18000; 45.70306[1]
CountryIran
ProvinceEast Azerbaijan
CountyShabestar
DistrictCentral
Government
 • MayorSeyed Bagher Mousavian
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total22,181
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Shabestar (Persian: شبستر)[a] is a city in the Central District of Shabestar County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[4]

Shabstar, with an altitude of 1,400 meters, is located in the southern foothills of Mishudagh, 575 km northwest of Tehran and 54 km northwest of Tabriz, on the road from Tabriz to Khuy, Selmas, Urumiye, Ushnawiye and Piranshahr. The railway line from Tabriz to Türkiye passes by this city.

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (6 September 2024). "Shabestar, Shabestar County" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2016 East Azerbaijan Province was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Shabestar can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3083774" 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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