Ardabil

eography and history

	With 18050 Kilometres area, the province of Ardabil is located on the north- east of Iran. It includes the districts of Ardabil, Khalkhall, Meshkeen Shahr, Geirmi, Bilasavar and Pars Abad. The historic and Islamic city of Ardabil is the capital of the province.
Four districts of this province are located on the border with the Republic of Azarbaijan, with a total border line of 282.5 kilometres length. The river Aras and the river Balha consist 159 kilometres of the border length mentioned above. Throughout two checkpoints, named Aslandooz and Bilasavar, while Ardabil-Astara road via Hayran, connects Ardabil to Rasht, Qazvin and Tehran.

Historical

The history of the province of Ardabil is a part of the history of Azarbaijan. Most Iranian historians believe that the city was built by Firooz, the Sasanid king (457-489AC), and the city has a 1500 year history. But even earlier,

Ardabil was a very important city from the military and political points of view during the Achaemenid period, which was a military base on the northern border of the Persian Empire. according to Avesta, the Iranian profit, Zoroaster was born near the river Daei Yeta which is now named Aras, and he had written his book in Sabalab area, while he began to propagate his religion in the city of Ardabil.

Historical monuoment

The most important places to visit in Ardabil are as following Neior lake Shoorabil lake marshlands of Ganjgah, nooshar, molla Shmed and peer-el=Qeer River sides of the river (Roodkhaneh)Baliquli Chay wild lifewater fall Goorgoor on Sabalan.

hot water spring,mineral springs Shaykh Shfi Tomb complex,Shaykh Jebrayeel Tomb Imamzadeh Salih Tomb,Masajid(mosques) Mirza Old Bridges of Qara sou Eidi Gouz, Ibrahim Abad, Yaqobeyeh,Sayed Abad, Samian, kalkhoran, Neer, Almas, Shahr Chay andGuilndeh.
Old Bathes of Och Doccan, Peer Zargar, Mirza Habib, The Old Bazaar Complex,Old Houses of Ardabil. old Hills of Qara Shirvan, Naranj Tappeh, Sarqeen, Aq Imam,Old Cemetreis of sham Asbi and Karjan. tower of Shater Gunbadi,Stone cave of Dakhmeh Sangi Old Sayed.