ith 46929.9 square kilometers, the Province of East-Azarbaijan is located on the north-west corner of the country. It includes 12 districts which are: Tabriz, Ahar, Bostanabad, Bonad, Sarab, Shabester, Kaliber, Maragheh, Marand, Miyaneh, Harees, and Hashtrood.
he historic city of Tabriz is the political and administrative capital of the province. With 235 kilometers international border with the Azarbaijan Republic, Armenia, and Nakhjavan, this province is neighbor to these new states. And through a railway line which crosses the province via Julfa, the border check unit, the province and Iran are connected to Nakhjavan, Irevan, Tablisi, the Republic of Ukraine, and all ports around the Black Sea. 
his province is also connected to many countries and states of the region by different networks of roads.

rom the cultural point of view too, the E-Azarbaijan province is significant for including a collection of old traditions and historical customs. The most significant characteristic of the Azarbaijani culture, is the language and the local folklore, which have been mixed with the old traditions and the local customs. The spoken language in Azarbaijan is the Turkish Azery. The Iranian Azeries, as well as the people of the Republic of Azarbaijan have been speaking this language for many centuries.
his province has also been the cradle of many famous scholars, arefs and poets such as: Molana Baba Mazeed, Khoajeh Abdul Raheem Ajabadi, Shaykh Hassan Bolghari, Abdul Qader Nakhjavani, Molana Ahmed, Harati, Hammam Tabrizi, Khaqani Shirvani, Asadi Tousi, Abolalla Falaki, Zaheer-ol-Deen Faryabi, Anvari Abivardi, Qatran Tabrizi, Shaykh Mohammed Khyabani, Theqatol-Islam, Sattar Khan(the national commander), as well as many other famous people. From the late age, one can name Ostad Mohammed Husain Shahryar, The most famous poet in Iran and Azarbaijan. The province of E-Azarbaijan is a part of the ancient Iranian territory. During the Alexander (so called the Great),(331 BC), a great commander of the Little Maad, rebelled in this territory, and a part of the Little Maad, rebelled in this territory, and a part of the Little Maad, rebelled in this territory, and a

hen its name was changed several times to Azarabadegan, Azarbadgan, and Azarbaijan. Most Islamic historians believe that Azarbaijan was the birth place of Zoratust, the old Iranian profit, whose birth place was in the region of Oromeyeh, and exactly, a town called Kanzak, which is located near the lake Cheechest (Oromeyeh). During its more than 2000 years history, this province has been witness to many historical, political and social and social events, and during this period, significant characteristics of an old this period, signiticant characteristics of an old civilization occurred there, which left many interesting things to visitors to see. main historical leisure places are as following:

• The Municipality Palace 
• The Remaining of the Rasheedi Quarter Castle 
• The Historical village Kandevan and its Mineral water Spring.
• The Historical Complex of the Great Bazaar
•  The Friday Mosque 
• The Alishah Mosque (Arke Tabriz) 
• The Kabood Mosque 
• The Poets Cemetery Sayed Hamzeh Tomb 
• The Azarbaijan Museum 
• The Natural Valleys of the Saeed Abad and Sahand Mountains.