Miandoab
Miandoab
مياندوآب | |
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City | |
![]() Historic bridge in Miandoab | |
Coordinates:36°57′57″N46°06′19″E/ 36.96583°N 46.10528°E[1] | |
Country | Iran |
Province | West Azerbaijan |
County | Miandoab |
District | Central |
Government | |
•Mayor | Abdollah Abdollahi[2] |
•Parliament | Mehdi Eisazadeh (Miandoab, Shahin Dezh and Takab (electoral district)) |
Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 134,425 |
Time zone | UTC+3:30(IRST) |
Area code | 044 |
Miandoab(Persian:مياندوآب)[a]is a city in theCentral DistrictofMiandoab County,West Azerbaijanprovince,Iran,serving as capital of both the county and the district.[5]
Demographics
[edit]Language and ethnicity
[edit]Miandoab is largely populated byAzerbaijanis.[6]
Population
[edit]At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 112,933 in 29,207 households.[7]The following census in 2011 counted 123,081 people in 35,066 households.[8]The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 134,425 people in 41,459 households.[3]
Geography
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The city of Miandoab is on theZarriné-Rūdriver and located in the center of theplainthat slopes down toLake Urmia.It is 1,314 metres (4,311 ft) above the sea level, at 46°6′Elatitudeand 36°58′Nlongitude.
The city is a transportation connection point betweenWest Azerbaijan ProvinceandEast Azerbaijan Province.Thus, the city has been a transportation crossroads between the two large provinces, and has attracted political and economic interest from local and international governments.
The area ofMiandoab Countyis 2,694square kilometers.[citation needed]Miandoab County is located between the Iranian counties of Bukan, Malekan, Mahabad, and Shahin Dezh.
See also
[edit]Media related toMiandoabat Wikimedia Commons
Notes
[edit]- ^AlsoromanizedasMeyāndoāb,Mīāndoāb,Mīāndow Āb,Mīāndowāb,Mīāndūāb,Mīyāndoāb,andMiyāndūāb;Azerbaijani:قوشاچای, romanized asQoşaçay[4]
References
[edit]- ^OpenStreetMap contributors (17 February 2024)."Miandoab, Miandoab County"(Map).OpenStreetMap(in Persian).Retrieved17 February2024.
- ^"شهرداری میاندوآب در عمل به مناظره پاسخ می دهد".
- ^ab"Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)".AMAR(in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 04. Archived fromthe original(Excel)on 30 August 2022.Retrieved19 December2022.
- ^Miandoab can be found atGEOnet Names Server,atthis link,by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3074888" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
- ^Habibi, Hassan (7 July 1369)."Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the country divisions of West Azerbaijan province, centered in the city of Urmia".Lamtakam(in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers. Archived fromthe originalon 20 December 2023.Retrieved20 December2023.
- ^Moradi, Golmorad (1992).Ein Jahr autonome Regierung in Kurdistan: die Mahabad-Republik 1946-1947: Geschichte der kurdischen Aufstandsbewegungen von der arabisch-islamischen Invasion bis zur Mahabad-Republik.City University of Applied Sciences.p. 256.
- ^"Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)".AMAR(in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 04. Archived fromthe original(Excel)on 20 September 2011.Retrieved25 September2022.
- ^"Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)".Syracuse University(in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 04. Archived fromthe original(Excel)on 20 January 2023.Retrieved19 December2022.