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City in northwestern Iran with 100,000 inhabitants south of Lake Orumiyeh in a narrow valley 1,300 metres above sea level. It lies in West Azerbaijan Province.
Mahabad is the centre of a rich agricultural region, but the city itself is little developed by Iranian standards. Mahabad is connected by road with Tabriz 300 km north, Orumiyeh 150 km north and Irbil in Iraq. The population of Mahabad is mainly Kurdish, and has been the centre of Kurdish nationalism in Iran.
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