Soltaniyeh
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Soltaniyeh سلطانيه |
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 Soltaniyeh
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| Coordinates: 36°26′05″N 48°47′51″E / 36.43472°N 48.79750°ECoordinates: 36°26′05″N 48°47′51″E / 36.43472°N 48.79750°E | |
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 Iran
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| Province | Zanjan |
| County | Abhar |
| Bakhsh | Soltaniyeh |
| Elevation | 1,784 m (5,853 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 5,968 |
| Time zone | IRST (UTC+3:30) |
| • Summer (DST) | IRDT (UTC+4:30) |
Soltaniyeh (Persian: سلطانيه, also Romanized as Solţānīyeh, Solţāneyyeh, Sultaniye, and Sultānīyeh; also known as Sa‘īdīyeh;Latin: Sultania) is the capital city of Soltaniyeh District of Abhar County, Zanjan Province, Azerbaijan, northwestern Iran.
At the 2006 census, its population was 5,684, in 1,649 families.
Soltaniyeh, located some 240 kilometres (150 mi) to the north-west of Tehran, was built as the capital of Mongol Ilkhanid rulers of Iran in the 14th century. Its name which refers to the Islamic ruler title sultan translates loosely as "the Regal".
In 2005, UNESCO listed Soltaniyeh as one of the World Heritage Sites. The road from Zanjan to Soltaniyeh extends until it reaches to the Katale khor cave.
William Dalrymple notes that Öljaitü intended Soltaniyeh to be "the largest and most magnificent city in the world" but that it "died with him" and is now "a deserted, crumbling spread of ruins."
Established on 1 April 1318 as Latin Archdiocese of Soltania (Latin and Curiate Italian) or Soltaniyeh
Suppressed as residential see around 1450.
(all Roman Rite and European missionary members of the same Latin Order)
Transformed at its suppression as residential see in 1450 into a Latin Titular archbishopric, which was itself suppressed in 1926.
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