Germi County

There are enormous works from the ancient period in this era but there is not a complete museum about the region. Most of the ancient monuments discovered from the region, irrespective of the historical period, are held in several museums, such as The Iranian National Museum, The Kashan museum, The Copenhagen museum, and several others.

There are several stunning works from this era, such as daughter-castle in the north of the county, Langan Qantas, Barzand Castle.

This era was not a flourishing period for the Mugan region. Due to the long period of wars, there were not any sign of progress, buildings, or outstanding monuments. The historical place in this county that had a large value during this era was Barzand Castle. That was the castle of Afshin who battled with Babak Khorramdin in an earlier century of Islamic history.

Ignoring the three earlier historical periods, Germi city is relatively new by Iranian standards; it was established around the year 900 of the Islamic calendar when Shah Ismael allowed five Shia families to migrate to this region. There were some other places and cities in Azerbaijan of I.R. Iran and Azerbaijan that are also called Germi.

The average yearly precipitation of county is 460 mm (18.1 in). This differs across the county: minimum precipitation is in the north-west in Khan-Mohammad-loo village at 250 mm, while maximum rainfall is at Dash-dibi village in south-east at 700mm.

There are 69 permanent fountains in the city, which puts it in the 4th rank of the province.[8]

The county has 7 permanent rivers, but their water level varies between 10 million cubic meters to 1 billion cubic meters. The largest river of the county is Dareroud; The valley of the river originates from the slopes of Mount Sabalan and joins Aras river on the northern border of I.R. Iran passing through the counties of Ardabil, Meshkin-Shahr, Germi and Bilesuvar and joining several rivers along the route. This river is the largest internal river of Ardabil province.

Balhary/Bulgary/Balharood is another important river in the county. Part of the river's route helps to form the border between Iran and Azerbaijan.[9]

Afcheh Village in Germi County

The range of lands and forests of the county are populated with different types of plants, trees and shrubs among the varieties of elm, oak, figs, mountain plums, hawthorn, apple, barberry, raspberries, sweetbrier, tamarisk, pine species and a variety of medicinal plants such as licorice, Styphnolobium japonicum, Malva sylvestris, spearmint, Echium, chamomile, yarrow, saffron Mountain, wilted sorrel, Rumex crispus, wild rue, Sorrel, Mountain tea and some other plants.

Iran has 3,400,000 hectares of national forest land, of which 5,000 hectares are located in this county. 3,000 hectares are in the central part of the county, and 2,000 hectares are in the Angoutian region.[10]

Tulips, lily of the valley, varieties of jasmine, gladiolus, violas and some other flowers grow up throughout the different seasons and in the different parts of the county.

The main agricultural product of the county is cereals. All of the above-mentioned conditions allow farmers to reach sufficient yields while growing cereals. The cereal yield often exceeds that from provinces of Iran such as Yazd and Hormozgan. Wheat production from Germi measures to approximately 70,000 metric tonnes to 140,000 metric tonnes per year.[11][12]

Nectarine, pomegranate, peach, quince, apple, walnut, fig, cherry, sour cherry, plum, berry, and blackberry are the main fruits of the county. The main garden product of Germi is nectarine, which exceeds 2,500 metric tons of yield per year. While the whole of Iranian nectarine production exceeds 1.1 million tonnes, Germi has the best per hectare yield of nectarine by more than 40 tonnes per hectare.

Live animals, red meat, dairy products and poultry are among the other important products of region.

Germi has two state-approved industrial towns as well as some small and large factories outside of industrial towns. Building materials, as well as valves and some consumer goods, are the industrial products of the region. The production of valves is the most important part of industrial production in the city, and entrepreneurs are rapidly developing the valve industry in the city.

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