Arak

Summary

Arak is a city of Iran^[1]. Arak ranks in the top 3% of city_of_iran entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (127 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Arak is located in Central District^[3].
• Arak is in the country of Iran^[4].
• Arak is on the body of water Qarah Kahriz River^[5].
• Arak's image is recorded as اراک Arak - panoramio.jpg^[6].
• Arak's instance of is recorded as city of Iran^[7].
• Arak's instance of is recorded as big city^[8].
• Arak's official language is recorded as Persian^[9].
• Arak's twinned administrative body is recorded as Karaganda^[10].
• Arak's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 126827913^[11].
• Arak's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n95059677^[12].
• Arak's IdRef ID is recorded as 179428799^[13].
• Arak's Commons category is recorded as Arak^[14].
• Arak's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:30^[15].
• Arak's local dialing code is recorded as 0861^[16].
• +1808-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Arak^[17].
• Arak's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 34.095, 'lon': 49.698055555555555}^[18].
• Arak's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/048zmp^[19].
• Arak's official website is recorded as https://arak.ir/^[20].
• Arak's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Arak, Iran^[21].
• Arak's page banner is recorded as Arak banner.jpg^[22].
• Arak's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as a5587179-9a91-4a13-86ad-7eebc02ea925^[23].
• Arak's population is recorded as {'amount': '+520944'}^[24].
• Arak's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[25].
• Arak's capital of is recorded as Markazi Province^[26].
• Arak's capital of is recorded as Arak County^[27].

Body

Geography

Arak is in the country of Iran^[4]. Arak is located in Central District^[3]. Arak is on the body of water Qarah Kahriz River^[5].

Physical Characteristics

Arak's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1738'}^[28]. Arak's population is recorded as {'amount': '+520944'}^[24].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city of Iran^[7] and big city^[8].

History and Context

+1808-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Arak^[17].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Arak include Arak heavy water reactor^[29], a research reactor^[30], in Iran^[31]; Shazand Refinery^[32], an oil refinery^[33], in Iran^[34]; and Arak rug^[35], a rug style^[36], in Iran^[37].

Why It Matters

Arak ranks in the top 3% of city_of_iran entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (127 views/month).^[2] Arak has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] Arak is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]

Entities named for Arak include Arak heavy water reactor^[29], a research reactor^[30], in Iran^[31]; Shazand Refinery^[32], an oil refinery^[33], in Iran^[34]; and Arak rug^[35], a rug style^[36], in Iran^[37].