Leylan County | |
Native Name: | Persian: شهرستان لیلان |
Settlement Type: | County |
Image Map1: | IranEastAzerbaijan-SVG.svg |
Map Caption1: | Location of East Azerbaijan province in Iran |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | East Azerbaijan |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Leylan |
Parts Type: | Districts |
Parts Style: | para |
P1: | Central |
P2: | Shirin Kand |
Coordinates: | 37.0406°N 46.2667°W |
Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
Timezone: | IRST |
Utc Offset: | +3:30 |
Leylan County (Persian: شهرستان لیلان) is in East Azerbaijan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Leylan,[2] whose population at the time of the 2016 National Census was 6,356 people in 1,943 households.[3] It was previously the capital of the former Leylan District of Malekan County.[4]
After the 2016 census, Leylan District was separated from Malekan County in the establishment of Leylan County, which was divided into two districts of two rural districts each, with Leylan as its capital and only city.[2]
Leylan County's administrative structure is shown in the following table.
Administrative Divisions | |
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Central District | |
Leylan-e Gharbi RD | |
Leylan-e Jonubi RD | |
Leylan (city) | |
Shirin Kand District | |
Leylan-e Sharqi RD | |
Leylan-e Shomali RD | |