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Hamadan
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Hamedān
or Hamadān (Persian: همدان , Old
Persian: Hagmatana, Ancient Greek:
Ecbatana) is the capital city of Hamadan
Province of Iran. Hamadan is believed to
be among the oldest Iranian cities and
one of the oldest in the world.
Hamadan has a green mountainous area in
the foothills of the 3574-meter Alvand
Mountain, in the Midwest part of Iran.
The city is 1850 meters above sea level.
The special nature of this old city and
its historic sites attract tourists
during the summer to this city, located
approximately 360km southwest of Tehran.
The main symbols of this city are
Ganjnameh board, Avicenna monument and
Ba Ba Taher monument.
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