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Ray

city in Tehran Province, Iran
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Summary

Ray is a city of Iran[1]. Ray ranks in the top 3% of city of iran entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,430 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Central District[3]
  • Country: Iran[4]
  • Instance of: big city[5]
  • Commons category: Ray, Iran[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Ray, Iran[7]
  • Population: 250,000[8]
  • Described by source: Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[9], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[10]
  • Capital of: Ziyarid dynasty[11], Buyid dynasty[12], Ray County[13], Seljuk Empire[14], Rhagiana (Ray)[15]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Ray[16]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Ray[17]
  • Category for people buried here: Category:Burials in Ray[18]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Ray, Iran[19]
  • Elevation above sea level: 1180 m[20]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Ray[21]

Why It Matters

Ray has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Ray is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi Abu Bakr al-Razi Al-Biruni Avicenna Bahram Chobin Fakhr al-Din al-Razi Hadi Saei Harun al-Rashid Hasan-i Sabbah Iran Islamic Azad University of Ray Javad Nekounam Khalil Sultan Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari Orodes II of Parthia Shah Rukh Zoroaster

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · MsynBot bot · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'az', 'azb', 'be', 'bg', 'ca', 'ckb', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es'
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 8w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48043|batch #48043]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  3. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 35.5975, 'lon': 51.434444444444445}
    Coordinates → —
    Described by source → Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon, Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus, Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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