Shiraz

Summary

Shiraz is a city of Iran^[1]. Shiraz ranks in the top 0.45% of city_of_iran entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (716 views/month, #5 of 1,113).^[2]

Key Facts

• Shiraz was a member of League of Historical Cities^[3].
• Shiraz is located in Central District^[4].
• Shiraz is in the country of Iran^[5].
• Shiraz's head of government is recorded as Haidar Eskandarpour^[6].
• Shiraz's image is recorded as Darvaze Ghoran11.jpg^[7].
• Shiraz's instance of is recorded as city of Iran^[8].
• Shiraz's official language is recorded as Persian^[9].
• Shiraz's twinned administrative body is recorded as Agadir^[10].
• Shiraz's twinned administrative body is recorded as Chongqing^[11].
• Shiraz's twinned administrative body is recorded as Dushanbe^[12].
• Shiraz's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kuala Lumpur^[13].
• Shiraz's twinned administrative body is recorded as Malacca^[14].
• Shiraz's twinned administrative body is recorded as Nicosia Municipality^[15].
• Shiraz's twinned administrative body is recorded as Pécs^[16].
• Shiraz's twinned administrative body is recorded as Sétif^[17].
• Shiraz's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 144243944^[18].
• Shiraz's GND ID is recorded as 4118622-9^[19].
• Shiraz's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80066882^[20].
• Shiraz's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 125445443^[21].
• Shiraz's IdRef ID is recorded as 069079552^[22].
• Shiraz's Commons category is recorded as Shiraz^[23].
• Shiraz's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:30^[24].
• Shiraz's pronunciation audio is recorded as Fa-Shiraz.ogg^[25].
• Shiraz's local dialing code is recorded as 071^[26].
• Shiraz's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 29.61, 'lon': 52.5425}^[27].

Body

Geography

Shiraz is in the country of Iran^[5]. Shiraz is located in Central District^[4].

Physical Characteristics

Shiraz's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+240'}^[28]. Shiraz's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1500'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+848289'}^[30], {'amount': '+965117'}^[31], {'amount': '+1053025'}^[32], {'amount': '+1227331'}^[33], and {'amount': '+1565572'}^[34].

Designation and Status

Shiraz's instance of is recorded as city of Iran^[8].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Shiraz include Shirazi salad^[35] and Shiraz International Airport^[36], an international airport^[37], in Iran^[38].

Why It Matters

Shiraz ranks in the top 0.45% of city_of_iran entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (716 views/month, #5 of 1,113).^[2] Shiraz has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[39] Shiraz is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[40]

Entities named for Shiraz include Shirazi salad^[35] and Shiraz International Airport^[36], an international airport^[37], in Iran^[38].