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Zanjan, Iran
Zanjan
(
Persian
: زنجان,
Azerbaijani
: زنگان, Zәngan, Zәncan) is the capital of
Zanjan Province
in
north-western
Iran
. It lies north-west of
Tehran
on the main highway to
Tabriz
and
Turkey
and approximately from the
Caspian Sea
. The city is located about 20 kilometers south of the
Qaflankuh Mountain Range
. At the 2011 census, its population was 386,851, which is the 20th largest city in Iran. The population of Zanjan consists mostly of
Iranian Azerbaijanis
who speak the
Azerbaijani language
.
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