Mianeh (Persian: ميانه; Azerbaijani: Miyana, میانا; also Romanized as Meyāneh, Miane, Miyāna, Meyaneh, and Mīyaneh)[3] is a city and capital of Mianeh County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. It is the fourth most populous city in East Azerbaijan province.

Miyana میانا
City
Mianeh [1]
Miyana
Coordinates: 37°25′16″N 47°42′54″E
Country	Iran
Province	East Azerbaijan
County	Mianeh
Bakhsh	Central
Government
• Mayor	Mehdi Mirzaee
• Parliament	Farmand & Shivyari
Elevation	1,100 m (3,600 ft)
Population  (2016 Census)
• Urban	98,973 [2]
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+4:30 (IRDT)
Area code	041

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.[4] The city was strategically located, during antiquity was a frontier city for a key travel route between Iraq and Azerbaijan.[5][6]

Historical monuments in the city of Mianeh include the Imamzadeh Esmail Mausoleum (Kamaləddin).[7] Nearby monuments include Kiz Castle (also known as Qız Qalası),[8] the Stone Tark Mosque,[9] and the Kiz Bridge (Qız Körpüsü).[4] 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.[4]

• City of Mianeh
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  Kiz Bridge
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  Imamzadeh Esmail Mausoleum
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  Imamzadeh Esmail Mausoleum

Notable people

Among notable people from Mianeh are:

• Afsar Asadi, actress
• Aref Arefkia, singer
• Dariush Eghbali, singer
• Yossef Karami, Olympic medalist
• Behnam Mahmoudi, volleyball player
• Shahram Mahmoudi, volleyball player
• Jafar Panahi, director of the movies The Circle, The White Balloon and Crimson Gold[10]
• 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

References