Qom

Summary

Qom is a city of Iran^[1]. Qom ranks in the top 0.63% of city_of_iran entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (796 views/month, #7 of 1,113).^[2]

Key Facts

• Qom is located in Central District^[3].
• Qom is in the country of Iran^[4].
• Qom's head of government is recorded as Morteza Saghaeiannejad^[5].
• Qom's image is recorded as SARASARNAMA Qom.JPG^[6].
• Qom's instance of is recorded as city of Iran^[7].
• Qom's official language is recorded as Persian^[8].
• Qom's flag image is recorded as Flag of Qom.gif^[9].
• Qom's twinned administrative body is recorded as Baalbek^[10].
• Qom's twinned administrative body is recorded as Konya^[11].
• Qom's twinned administrative body is recorded as Karbala^[12].
• Qom's twinned administrative body is recorded as Najaf^[13].
• Qom's twinned administrative body is recorded as Santiago de Compostela^[14].
• Qom's twinned administrative body is recorded as Karachi^[15].
• Qom's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 141846511^[16].
• Qom's GND ID is recorded as 4253094-5^[17].
• Qom's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82131780^[18].
• Qom's IdRef ID is recorded as 050369458^[19].
• Qom's postal code is recorded as 37100^[20].
• Qom's Commons category is recorded as Qom^[21].
• Qom's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 8066775^[22].
• Qom's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:30^[23].
• Qom's pronunciation audio is recorded as Fa-Qom.ogg^[24].
• Qom's local dialing code is recorded as 0251^[25].
• +0805-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Qom^[26].
• Qom's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 34.64, 'lon': 50.87638888888889}^[27].

Body

Geography

Qom is in the country of Iran^[4]. Qom is located in Central District^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Qom's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+123.073'}^[28]. Qom's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+935'}^[29]. Qom's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1201158'}^[30].

Designation and Status

Qom's instance of is recorded as city of Iran^[7].

History and Context

+0805-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Qom^[26].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Qom include Qom rug^[31], a rug style^[32], in Iran^[33], founded in 1930^[34].

Why It Matters

Qom ranks in the top 0.63% of city_of_iran entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (796 views/month, #7 of 1,113).^[2] Qom has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] Qom is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]

Entities named for Qom include Qom rug^[31], a rug style^[32], in Iran^[33], founded in 1930^[34].