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| Country |  Iran |
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| Province | Kurdistan Province |
Saqqez or Saghez (in Persian: سقز, in Kurdish: Seqiz), is a city located at , in Kurdistan Province of Iran. According to the 2006 census, its population is 131,349 [1]
Kurds have lived in Seqiz and surrounding areas since approximately 1,000 B.C., and many believe that Medes, the city's first known inhabitants, are direct ancestors of the present-day people of western Iran. In pre-Islamic era, Seqiz and surrounding areas comprised a small country known as Sagapeni, which is believed to be related to the name of the ancient Iranian Sakas from which the name of the city is derived.
At an altitude of 1,493 meters (4,898 feet), Seqiz has a seasonally varying climate with cold, snowy winters and hot, dry summers. During summers, there is a large daily temperature range due to the combination of thin, dry air, produced by the high elevation, and low summertime humidity.
Some famous people from Saqqez
Behzad Aslani (memoir-writer)
Abdollah Chamangoli (wrestler)
Hamid Hassani (scholar and lexicographer) (born 1968)
Mostafa Keyvan (writer) (born 1935)
Faramarz Sedighi (actor) (born 1949)
Mohammad-Rasul Shirazi (English-Persian translator) (1935-????)
Vincent Hede (physician and webmaster) (1981-????)
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