Kermanshah
enUKKer·man·shah
K0040700 (kĕr-män′shä′, -shô′)Kermanshah
(ˌkɜːmænˈʃɑː)Bakh•ta•ran
(ˌbɑx tɑˈrɑn)n.
| 单词 | kermanshah |
| 释义 | KermanshahenUKKer·man·shahK0040700 (kĕr-män′shä′, -shô′)Kermanshah(ˌkɜːmænˈʃɑː)Bakh•ta•ran(ˌbɑx tɑˈrɑn)n. KermanshahenUKKermanshah(kĕrmän'shä`), city (1991 pop. 624,084), capital of Kermanshah prov., W Iran. It is the trade center for a rich agricultural region that produces grain, rice, vegetables, fruits, and oilseed. Manufactures include carpets, canvas shoes, textiles, refined petroleum, refined sugar, and other processed foods. Kermanshah has numerous caravansaries that are crowded semiannually with Shiite pilgrims to Karbala, Iraq. Kurds form the majority of the population. Kermanshah was founded by the Sassanids in the 4th cent. A.D. and became a secondary royal residence. It was captured by the Arabs in the 7th cent. Later it was a frontier fortress against the Ottoman Turks, who occupied it a number of times, including the period from 1915 to 1917. Nearby are the famed Behistun InscriptionsBehistun Inscriptionor Bisutun Inscription , cuneiform text, the decipherment of which was the key to all cuneiform script and opened to scholars the study of the written works of ancient Mesopotamia. ..... Click the link for more information. and notable Sassanian rock reliefs. Kermanshaha city in western Iran; administrative center of the ostan (province) of Kermanshah. Population, 190,000 (1971). A highway links Kermanshah with Tehran. The city is a commercial and transport center. It has an oil refinery, oil being supplied by pipeline from the Naft-i-Shah oil field. Other leading branches of the local economy include the sugar and textile industries and carpet weaving. |
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