Jobs in Qom | Job Opportunities in Qom
Qom is a city in Iran. It is located 156 kilometers (97 mi) by road southwestern side of Tehran and is the capital of Qom Province. The estimated population of the city was around 1,042,309 in 2005. It is located on the banks of the Qom River. The city is considered holy by Shi`a Islam, as it is the site of the shrine of Fatema Mae’sume, sister of Imam `Ali ibn Musa Rida. The city is the biggest center for Shi’a scholarship in the world, and is a vital destination of pilgrimage. The city has a theological center and the Fatima al-Masumeh Shrine are main features of the provincial capital of Qom province. Another very famous religious site of pilgrimage previously outside the city of Qom but now more of a town is called Jamkaran. It nearness to Tehran, Iran’s capital, has permitted the clerical establishment easy access to monitor the affairs and decisions of state. Many grand ayatollahs hold offices in both Tehran and Qom; many people simply commute between the two cities as they are only 100 km apart.
September 6th, 2010 | Posted in Jobs in Iran | No Comments
Jobs in Ahwaz | Job Opportunities in Ahwaz
Ahwaz is the capital of the Iranian province of Khuzestan. The city was established on the banks of the Karun River and is located in the center of Khuzestan Province. The city has a median elevation of 20 meters above sea level. The estimated population of the city was around 1,338,126 in 2006. The word Ahvaz is a derived from a Persian word. The Dehkhoda Dictionary exclusively defines the Market of the Khuzis”, where “Suq” is Persian word “chahar-suy/sugh” for market, and “Ahwaz” is a plural of the form “afal” of the word “Huz”, or more accurately, the root “ha wa za”, which itself comes from the Persian Huz, from Achaemenid inscriptions from where the term first appears. So it actually refers to the non-Arabic original habitants of Khūzestān.
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Jobs in Karaj | Job Opportunities in Karaj
karaj is a city in Iran, situated in Tehran province. It is located 20 km west of Tehran, at the base of the Alborz mountains. Estimated population of the city was around 1,377,450 in the 2006 census, making it the fifth biggest city in Iran after Tehran, Mashhad, Isfahan and Tabriz. However, the city is increasingly becoming an extension of metropolitan Tehran. The city is mainly famous due to its academic and educational complexes along with tourist attractions. The stone built Zoroastrian fire temple of Takht-e-Rostam from the Parthian era is a testament of it strong and durable architecture. The Soleimanieh palace, the mausoleum of Shahzadeh Soleiman, Imamzadeh Rahman and Zeid Palang Abad-e-Eshtehard are other historical relics of this area.
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Jobs in Shiraz | Job Opportunities in Shiraz
Shiraz is the sixth most heavily populated city in Iran and is the capital of Fars Province. Shiraz is situated in the southwestern side of Iran on the Rudkhaneye Khoshk seasonal river. Shiraz has a temperate weather and has been a regional trade center for more than one thousand years. The city is also known as the city of poets, wine and flowers. It is also considered by number of Iranians to be the city of gardens, because of several gardens and fruit trees that can be seen in the city. Shiraz has had main Jewish and Christian communities.
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Jobs in Tabriz | Job Opportunities in Tabriz
Tabriz is the fourth biggest city in Iran and the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. Located at an altitude of 1,350 meters at the junction of the Quri River and Aji River, it was the second biggest city in Iran until 60s. It was one of the previous residences of the crown prince under the Qajar dynasty. The city of Tabriz is situated in a valley to the northern side of the long ridge of the volcanic cone of Sahand, southern side of the Eynali Mountains. The valley opens out into a plain that slopes down gently to the northern end of Lake Urmia, 60 km to the west. The estimated population of the city was about 1,400,000 and it is the fourth biggest city, after Tehran, Mashhad and Esfahān and the second industrial city after Tehran. It is a summer resort and a commercial, industrial, and transportation center.
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Jobs in Esfahan | Job Opportunities in Esfahan
Esfahan is situated about 340 km southern side of Tehran and is the capital of Isfahan Province and Iran’s third biggest city after Tehran and Mashhad. The estimated population of the city was about 1,583,609 and the estimated population of the entire metropolitan area was around 3,430,353 in 2006, the second most heavily populated metropolitan area in Iran after Tehran. The cities of Najafabad, Khaneh Esfahan, Khomeini-shahr, Shahin-shahr, Zarrinshahr, Mobarakeh, Falavarjan and Fouladshahr are located with in the boundries of the metropolitan city of Isfahan.
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Jobs in Mashhad | Job Opportunities in Mashhad
Mashhad is one of the biggest cities in Iran and one of the holiest cities in the Shia world. It is situated 850 kilometers eastern side of Tehran, at the center of the Razavi Khorasan Province near the borders of Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. The estimated population of the city was about 2,427,316 in 2006. It is well known as the resting place of the Imam Reza. A shrine was later built there to commemorate the Imam, which in turn gave rise to increasing demographic development. The city is also called the city of Ferdowsi, the great Persian poet of Shahnameh, which is considered to be the Persian national epic. It is situated 36.20º latitude and 59.35 º east longitudes, in the valley of the Kashaf River close to Turkmenistan, in the valley of two mountain ranges of Binalood and Hezar masjed. The city benefits from its closeness to the mountains, having cool winters, pleasant springs, mild summers, and beautiful autumns. It is only about 250 km from Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.
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Jobs in Khouribga | Job Opportunities in Khouribga
Khouribga is a city in Khouribga Province in the Chaouia-Ouardigha area of Morocco. The estimated population of the city was around 172,000. Khouribga owes its growth to the phosphate deposits nearby. The city is located in the province of Morocco in the Chaouia-Ouardigha Region. The estimated population of the province is about 499,144 people in 2004. The main towns in the city are Bejaad, Boujniba, Boulanouare, Hattane, Khouribga, Oued and Zem. It is a small city at the verge of the Atlas Mountains in Morocco. Well known people of the city are Israeli ambassador Yehuda Lancry and Amir Peretz, in 2007 the Israeli minister of Defense and the leader of the Israeli Labor Party.
September 5th, 2010 | Posted in Jobs in Morocco | No Comments
Jobs in Safi | Job Opportunities in Safi
Safi is a city located in the western Morocco on the Atlantic Ocean. The capital of the Doukkala-Abda area, the estimated population of the city was around 284,750 (2004 census), but is also the center of an agglomeration which has an estimated 793,000 residents (1987). Safi is the major fishing port for the country’s sardine industry, and also exports phosphates, textiles and ceramics. During the Second World War, Safi was one of the landing sites for Operation Torch. Safi, under the name Safim, was under Portuguese rule between 1488 and 1541.
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Jobs in Tétouan | Job Opportunities in Tétouan
Tétouan is also spelled Tetuan, sometimes Tettawen or Tettawin. It is a city located in northern side Morocco. It is the only open port of Morocco on the Mediterranean Sea, a few miles south of the Strait of Gibraltar, and about 40 mi (60 km) E.S.E. of Tangier. The estimated population of the city was around 320,539 inhabitants in 2004. Tetouan’s civil airport Sania Ramel Airport is situated 6km in the East. Arabic is the official language but it is not used for everyday dialogue. Moroccan Darija-Arabic is predominant while a minority uses Tarifit language (a Northern Berber language) in their daily life. The use of Spanish and French is still widespread especially by the businessmen and intellectual elites. Its main religion is Islam but there are minorities of Christians.
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