Official Name: | Shirin Kand |
Native Name: | Persian: شيرين كند |
Settlement Type: | Village |
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: | Shirin Kand |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural District |
Subdivision Name4: | Leylan-e Sharqi |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 2744 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | IRST |
Utc Offset: | +3:30 |
Coordinates: | 37.0019°N 46.2697°W |
Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
Shirin Kand (Persian: شيرين كند) is a village in Leylan-e Sharqi Rural District of Shirin Kand District, Leylan County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of the district.[2]
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 2,379 in 581 households, when it was in Leylan-e Jonubi Rural District of the former Leylan District of Malekan County.[3] The following census in 2011 counted 2,627 people in 727 households.[4] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 2,744 people in 815 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.[5]
After the census, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Leylan County. The rural district was transferred to the new Central District, and Shirin Kand was transferred to Leylan-e Sharqi Rural District created in the new Shirin Kand District.[2]