Miandoab Explained

Miandoab
Native Name:Persian: مياندوآب
Settlement Type:City
Pushpin Map:Iran
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Iran
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:West Azerbaijan
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Miandoab
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Central
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Abdollah Abdollahi[1]
Leader Title1:Parliament
Leader Name1:Mehdi Eisazadeh
(Miandoab, Shahin Dezh and Takab (electoral district))
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:134425
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30
Coordinates Footnotes:[2]
Area Code:044

Miandoab (Persian: مياندوآب) is a city in the Central District of Miandoab County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[3]

Demographics

Language and ethnicity

Miandoab is largely populated by Azerbaijanis.[4]

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 112,933 in 29,207 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 123,081 people in 35,066 households.[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 134,425 people in 41,459 households.[7]

Geography

The city of Miandoab is on the Zarriné-Rūd river and located in the center of the plain that slopes down to Lake Urmia. It is 1314m (4,311feet) above the sea level, at 46°6′E latitude and 36°58′N longitude.

The city is a transportation connection point between West Azerbaijan Province and East 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 of Miandoab County is 2,694 square kilometers. Miandoab County is located between the Iranian counties of Bukan, Malekan, Mahabad, and Shahin Dezh.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: شهرداری میاندوآب در عمل به مناظره پاسخ می دهد.
  2. ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Miandoab, Miandoab County . . 17 February 2024 . 17 February 2024 . fa.
  3. Web site: 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 . fa . Lamtakam . https://web.archive.org/web/20231220192713/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113037 . Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers . Habibi . Hassan . 7 July 1369 . 20 December 2023 . 20 December 2023.
  4. Book: Moradi, Golmorad . Ein Jahr autonome Regierung in Kurdistan: die Mahabad-Republik 1946-1947 : Geschichte der kurdischen Aufstandsbewegungen von der arabisch-islamischen Invasion bis zur Mahabad-Republik . . 1992 . 256.
  5. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006) . 04 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 25 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094953/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/04.xls . Excel . 20 September 2011.
  6. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011) . 04 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . Syracuse University . https://web.archive.org/web/20230120205939/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/West-Azerbaijan.xls . 20 January 2023. 19 December 2022 . Excel.
  7. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) . 04 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220830042935/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_04.xlsx . Excel . 30 August 2022.