Mianeh, East Azerbaijan

For the administrative subdivision, see Mianeh County. For other places, see Mianeh (disambiguation).

Mianeh (Persian: ميانه; Azerbaijani: Miyana, میانا; also Romanized as Meyāneh, Miane, Miyāna, Meyaneh, and Mīyaneh)^[4] is a city in the Central District of Mianeh County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran, and serves as capital of the county. It is the fourth most populous city in East Azerbaijan province.

Miyana Persian: میانا
City
Mianeh ^[1]
Emamzadeh Esmaili in Mianeh
Miyana
Coordinates: 37°25′26″N 47°43′11″E / 37.42389°N 47.71972°E / 37.42389; 47.71972Coordinates: 37°25′26″N 47°43′11″E / 37.42389°N 47.71972°E / 37.42389; 47.71972^[2]
Country	Iran
Province	East Azerbaijan
County	Mianeh
District	Central
Government
• Mayor	Mehdi Mirzaee
• Parliament	Fardin Farmand and Yaqub Shivyari
Elevation	1,100 m (3,600 ft)
Population  (2016)^[3]
• Total	98,973
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
Area code	041

At the 2006 census, its population was 87,385 in 22,728 households.^[5] The following census in 2011 counted 95,505 people in 26,549 households.^[6] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 98,973 people in 30,504 households.^[3]

Mianeh is situated in a valley, approximately 439 kilometres (273 mi) northwest of Tehran and approximately 187 kilometres (116 mi) southeast of East Azerbaijan's largest city and capital, Tabriz.^[7] The city was strategically located, during antiquity was a frontier city for a key travel route between Iraq and Azerbaijan.^[8][9]

Historical monuments in the city of Mianeh include the Imamzadeh Esmail Mausoleum (Kamaləddin).^[10] Nearby monuments include Kiz Castle (also known as Qız Qalası),^[11] the Stone Tark Mosque,^[12] and the Kiz Bridge (Qız Körpüsü).^[7] The Kiz Bridge was partly destroyed in December 1946 by Communist militants of the Azerbaijani Democratic Party advocating for independence to halt the offensive of the Capitalist-supported Imperial Iranian Army.^[7]

Mianeh is a touristic city, with roads connecting all of Iran. It is an important manufacturer of steel. It has an important railway serving both industrial needs (for the steel industry) and passenger transportation needs to mainly Tehran, Tabriz, Zanjan, Maragheh, and Karaj. Currently, a lot of Baroque-style construction work is happening in the housing sector, modernizing the city. It has a historical Bazaar where mainly textile sellers, clothing sellers, carpet sellers, and gold sellers are present. Since 2020, a vibrant Sangfarsh (Stone Carpet) has been built in the Bazaar district, where small shops can be found with natural products from across the region and country, amongst others.

• City of Mianeh
• Kiz Bridge

• Imamzadeh Esmail Mausoleum

• Imamzadeh Esmail Mausoleum

Miyaneh city view

Notable people

 

16th century map of Mianeh

Among notable people from Mianeh are:

• Afsar Asadi, actress
• Aref Arefkia, singer
• Dariush Eghbali, singer
• Yossef Karami, Olympic medalist
• Behnam Mahmoudi, volleyball player
• Rizali Khajavi, Selfless Farmer
• Shahram Mahmoudi, volleyball player
• Jafar Panahi, director of the movies The Circle, The White Balloon and Crimson Gold^[13]
• Abbas Ali Panbel [Fa], political activist, former Tabriz police chief
• Maryam Sadeghi, computer scientist in the field of medical image analysis

See also

• East Azerbaijan
• Tabriz

•  Iran portal

References

1. BGN Standard with diacritics. "Geonames" 2008-05-22 at the Wayback Machine United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
2. OpenStreetMap contributors (4 April 2023). "Mianeh, Mianeh County)" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
3. . AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 03. Archived from the original (Excel) on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
4. Mianeh, East Azerbaijan can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3074891" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
5. . AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 03. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
6. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)" (Excel). Iran Data Portal (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 03. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
7. Byron, Robert (27 June 2016). The Road to Oxiana: New edition linked and annotaded. MarcoPolo. pp. 271–272. ISBN 978-989-8575-68-5.
8. Ouseley, William (1823). Travels in Various Countries of the East, More Particularly Persia. Rodwell and Martin. p. 389.
9. Frye, Richard Nelson (1984). The History of Ancient Iran. C.H.Beck. p. 10. ISBN 978-3-406-09397-5.
10. Rasaneh, Sirang. "Imamzadeh Esmaeil Mausoleum 2021 Tourist Attraction in Mianeh, travel to iran, Visit Iran". Iran Tourism & Touring. Retrieved 20 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
11. Rasaneh, Sirang. "Dokhtar Castle (Qiz Qalasi) 2021 Tourist Attraction in Mianeh, travel to iran, Visit Iran". Iran Tourism & Touring. Retrieved 20 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
12. Rasaneh, Sirang. "Stone Mosque of Tark (Sangi Mosque) 2021 Tourist Attraction in Mianeh, travel to iran, Visit Iran". Iran Tourism & Touring. Retrieved 20 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
13. Jāhid, Parvīz (2012). Directory of World Cinema: Iran. Intellect Books. p. 36. ISBN 978-1-84150-399-8.