Leylan Explained
| Official Name: | Leylan |
| Native Name: | Persian: ليلان |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Pushpin Map: | Iran |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Iran |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | East Azerbaijan |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Leylan |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Central |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Total: | 6356 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | IRST |
| Utc Offset: | +3:30 |
| Coordinates: | 37.0114°N 46.2067°W |
| Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
Leylan (Persian: ليلان) is a city in Central District of Leylan County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[2] It was previously the capital of the former Leylan District of Malekan County.[3] Leylan had also served as the administrative center for Leylan-e Jonubi Rural District[4] until its capital was transferred to the village of Turchi.[2]
History
The ancient Iranian town of Ganzak is identified as being near Leylan in the Miandoab plain.[5] [6] Ganzak was built by the Achaemenids, and was the seat of the satrap of Media.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 6,079 in 1,468 households, when it was in the former Leylan District of Malekan County.[7] The following census in 2011 counted 6,175 people in 1,858 households.[8] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 6,356 people in 1,943 households.[9]
After the census, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Leylan County, and Leylan was transferred to the new Central District as the county's capital.[2]
See also
Notes and References
- ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Leylan, Leylan County . . 4 April 2023 . 4 April 2023 . fa.
- Web site: Changes in country divisions of Malekan and Leylan Counties of East Azerbaijan province; approved 1402,02,13, with subsequent corrections and additions . fa . Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran . https://web.archive.org/web/20230806144904/https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/302129 . Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers . Mokhbar . Mohammad . 6 August 2023 . 13 February 1402 . 11 August 2024.
- Web site: Divisional reforms in East Azerbaijan province . fa . Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran . https://web.archive.org/web/20220101064517/https://qavanin.ir/Law/PrintText/90306 . Ministry of Interior, Political and Defense Commission . Habibi . Hassan . 1 January 2022 . 22 July 1374 . 5 December 2023.
- Web site: Creation and formation of 13 rural districts in Maragheh County under East Azerbaijan province . fa . Lamtakam . https://web.archive.org/web/20231205170742/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/110335 . 18 May 1366 . Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers . Mousavi . Mirhossein . 5 December 2023 . 5 December 2023.
- M. Boyce, Ganzak, in Encyclopaedia Iranica, vol. 10, 2001.
- Book: Christensen, Peter. The Decline of Iranshahr. 323–324, note 10. 23 Jul 2008 . 978-87-7289-259-7 . 1993 . Museum Tusculanum Press.
- Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006) . 03 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 25 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920092432/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/03.xls . Excel . 20 September 2011.
- Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011) . Syracuse University . 03 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . https://web.archive.org/web/20230116202318/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/East-Azerbaijan.xls . 16 January 2023. 19 December 2022 . Excel.
- Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) . 03 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201113123618/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_03.xlsx . Excel . 13 November 2020.
