Kivi, Iran
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Kivi گيوئ or گیوی |
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 Kivi
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| Coordinates: 37°41′49″N 48°20′01″E / 37.69694°N 48.33361°ECoordinates: 37°41′49″N 48°20′01″E / 37.69694°N 48.33361°E | |
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 Iran
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| Province | Ardabil |
| County | Kowsar |
| Bakhsh | Central |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 6,467 |
| Time zone | IRST (UTC+3:30) |
| • Summer (DST) | IRDT (UTC+4:30) |
| Kivi, Iran at GEOnet Names Server and Kivi, Iran at GEOnet Names Server | |
Kivi (Persian: گيوئ or گیوی, also Romanized as Kīvī; also known as Givi) is a city in and the capital of Kowsar County, Ardabil Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 6,467, in 1,721 families. Earlier, Kivi was divided into upper and lower Kivi: düz kıvı (کیوی بالا) and aşaği kıvı (كيوی پائين).
Kivi is situated in the center of a newly established county (one of the five regions of Khalkhal historically and separated from Khalkhal County in a previous decade), with an area of 1,243.8 square kilometres (480.2 sq mi). It borders Ardabil City to the north, Khlakhal (Hiroabad) Town to the south, Talesh (Hashpar) Town (Gilan Province) to the east, and Mianeh (Miyaneh) to the west.
Kivi town constitutes 7 percent of the area of the Ardabil province. Bajilar Daghlari (which means The Sisters Mountains in Azeri Turkic) extend between Kivi and Miyaneh. Kivi is in a mountainous region, with temperate mountainous climate on the western side of the Baghru (Talesh) Mountains. The average annual precipitation of the region exceeds 350 millimetres (14 in). Arpa-Chay, Givi-Chay, Sangava (Sangour) Chay are the important rivers of the town which join to Qiziluzan river in the borders of Mianeh.
The history of the Kivi and Khalkhal dates back to pre-Islam. The town was named Dord-Evlar (Dörd Evlər: which means the four houses in Azeri Turkic) because only four families were living there. When Islam entered there during Umar age, they converted to Islam.
It is said that during Yazid Ibn Moavieh's (Umavi Dynasty) reign, the king of the region was requested to send army forces to fight with Husayn ibn Ali; some of the inhabitants started a departure, but in the southwest part of the current town a man named Vouroush Qojasi (Pir-e Jangi, The Oldman of Battle) prevented them, while people killed him. Since then, this place has been known as Qoja-Vouroushchu or Pir-e Jangi. In the passion plays of the mourning month of Muharram (lunar calendar), people say the following: Oh, Hossein, some troops have departed from Khakhal, Ardabil and Zanjan, etc. It is likely that this story is a legend.
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