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Kohnush Destination Guide

Discover Kohnush in Iran

Kohnush in the region of Hamadān is a town located in Iran - some 190 mi or ( 305 km ) West of Tehran , the country's capital .

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Local time in Kohnush is now 11:22 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Tehran " with a UTC offset of 3.5 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Hoseynabad-e Bahar, Baghdad, Zanjan, Zagheh, and Tarjin. When in this area, you might want to check out Hoseynabad-e Bahar . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Kohnush ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Ganjnameh

Ganj Nameh is an ancient inscription, 5 km southwest of Hamedan, on the side of Alvand Mountain in Iran. The inscription, which has been carved in granite, is composed of two sections. One (on the left) ordered by Darius the Great (521-485 BC) and the other (on the right) ordered by Xerxes the Great (485-65 BC).

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 34.76 48.44 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Geography of Iran, Hamadan Province, Persian inscriptions

Hamedan University of Medical Sciences

The Hamedan University of Medical Sciences is a state university in Hamedan, Iran. It consists of six colleges: medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, health, nursing and midwifery and para-medicine.

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Located at 34.79 48.48 (Lat./Long.); Less than 20 km away
Tags: Educational institutions established in 1975

Godin Tepe

Godin Tepe is an archaeological site in western Iran, situated in the valley of Kangavar in Kermanshah Province. Discovered in 1961, the site was excavated from 1965 to 1973 by a Canadian expedition headed by T. Cuyler Young Jr. and sponsored by the Royal Ontario Museum. The importance of the site was due to its control over the early lapis-lazuli trade between Badakhshan in Afghanistan and the Mesopotamian flood plain.

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Located at 34.52 48.07 (Lat./Long.); Less than 30 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Iran, Former populated places in Iran, Kermanshah Province