Official Name: | Turchi |
Native Name: | Persian: تورچي |
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: | Central |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural District |
Subdivision Name4: | Leylan-e Jonubi |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 1556 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | IRST |
Utc Offset: | +3:30 |
Coordinates: | 36.9853°N 46.1986°W |
Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
Turchi (Persian: تورچي) is a village in, and the capital of, Leylan-e Jonubi Rural District of the Central District of Leylan County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran.[2]
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 1,493 in 290 households, when it was in the former Leylan District of Malekan County.[3] The following census in 2011 counted 1,657 people in 413 households.[4] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 1,556 people in 433 households.[5]
After the census, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Leylan County, and the rural district was transferred to the new Central District.[2]