Mokhur | |
Native Name: | Persian: مخور |
Native Name Lang: | fa |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Iran |
Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Iran |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | West Azerbaijan |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Showt |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Qarah Quyun |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural District |
Subdivision Name4: | Cheshmeh Sara |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 2321 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | IRST |
Utc Offset: | +3:30 |
Mokhur (Persian: مخور) is a village in, and the capital of, Cheshmeh Sara Rural District of Qarah Quyun District of Showt County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.[2]
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 2,603 in 524 households, when it was in Qarah Quyun-e Jonubi Rural District of the former Showt District of Maku County.[3] The following census in 2011 counted 2,325 people in 608 households,[4] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Showt County. The rural district was transferred to the new Qarah Quyun District. Mokhur was transferred to Cheshmeh Sara Rural District created in the district.[2] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 2,321 people in 606 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.[5]