Qom Province, Iran · Asia
Qom sits on the route: 30 minutes from Kahak.
Qom is a city located in Qom Province, Iran. With a population of 900,000, it is an important destination in Asia.
On a road trip, Qom sits in Iran. It's in the Asia/Tehran time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Qom to your route.
Qom (Persian: قم; [ɢom] ) is the capital of Qom province, Iran. It is also the capital of Qom County and its Central District. It is the seventh largest metropolis and the seventh largest city in Iran. The city is 140 km (87 mi) to the south of Tehran, on the banks of the Qom River.
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stronghold of the cult of Anahita, the Iranian goddess of fertility. André Godard has reported about an Anahita temple along the Qom River (Golshan River). A district called Taraznahid (Nahid is her Persian name), close to Qom, is also connected to the goddess.
Qom is one of the holiest cities in Shia Islam, as it is the site of the Fatima Masumeh Shrine, sister of Imam Reza and daughter of the Imam Musa Kazim. The city is the world's largest center for Shia Islamic scholarship and is a significant destination of pilgrimage, with around 20 million pilgrims visiting the city every year.
Qom has developed into a lively industrial center owing, in part, to its proximity to Tehran. It is a regional center for the distribution of petroleum and petroleum products, and a natural gas pipeline from Bandar Anzali and Tehran and a crude oil pipeline from Tehran run through Qom to the Abadan refinery on the Persian Gulf. Qom gained additional prosperity when oil was discovered at Sarajeh (fa:میدان نفتی البرز قم) near the city in 1956 and a large refinery was built between Qom and Tehran. In between the Tehran-Qom highway is the Imam Khomeini International Airport, which is the largest airport in Iran.
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Qom is located in Qom Province, Iran, Asia. The coordinates are 34.6401 latitude, 50.8764 longitude.
Qom has a population of approximately 900,000 people, making it a city in Iran.
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