West Azerbaijan province

West Azerbaijan province
استان آذربایجان غربی
Location of West Azerbaijan province in Iran
Location of West Azerbaijan province in Iran
Coordinates: 37°33′10″N 45°04′33″E / 37.5528°N 45.0759°E / 37.5528; 45.0759
Country Iran
RegionRegion 3
CapitalUrmia
Counties19
Government
 • Governor-generalMohammad-Sadegh Motamedian
 • MPs of Assembly of ExpertsDirbaz, Ali Akbar Ghoreyshi & Mojtahed Shabestari
 • Representative of the Supreme LeaderSeyed Mehdi Ghoreishi
Area
 • Total37,437 km2 (14,455 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total3,265,219
 • Density87/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+03:30 (IRST)
Main language(s)Persian (official)
local languages:
Armenian[2]
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic[3]
Azerbaijani[4]
Kurdish[4]
Lishán Didán[5]
HDI (2017)0.758[6]
high · 26th

West Azerbaijan province (Persian: استان آذربایجان غربی, romanizedĀzarbāyjān-e Gharbī; Azerbaijani: غربی آذربایجان اوستانی, romanizedQərbi Azərbaycan ostanı; Kurdish: پارێزگای ئورمیە, romanized: Parêzgeha Urmiyê;[7][8]) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, whose capital and largest city is Urmia. It is in the northwest of the country, bordered by Turkey (Ağrı, Hakkâri, Iğdır and Van Provinces), Iraq (Erbil and Sulaymaniyah Governorates) and Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, as well as the provinces of East Azerbaijan, Zanjan and Kurdistan. The Iranian province is part of Region 3.[9] It is separated from Armenia by Turkey's short border with the Azerbaijan Republic.

The province of West Azerbaijan covers an area of 39,487 km2, or 43,660 km2 including Lake Urmia. At the time of the National Census of 2006, the province had a population of 2,831,779 people in 655,260 households.[10] The following census in 2011 counted 3,080,576 inhabitants in 822,152 households.[11] At the latest census in 2016, the population had increased to 3,265,219 in 935,956 households.[1]

West Azerbaijan Province Historical Population
YearPop.±%
1956721,136—    
19661,087,182+50.8%
19861,971,677+81.4%
20062,831,779+43.6%
20113,080,576+8.8%
20163,265,219+6.0%
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  2. ^ Amurian, A.; Kasheff, M. "ARMENIANS OF MODERN IRAN". Encyclopedia Iranica. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  3. ^ Macuch, R. "ASSYRIANS IN IRAN i. The Assyrian community (Āšūrīān) in Iran". Encyclopedia Iranica. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Anonby2019 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Windfuhr, Gernot (2006). "IRAN vii. NON-IRANIAN LANGUAGES (10). Aramaic". Encyclopedia Iranica. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  7. ^ "کوردستان میدیا: دۆخی ئاسەوارە مێژووییەکانی پارێزگای ئورمیە بە هۆی دابین نەکردنی بوودجە و کەمتەرخەمی بەرپرسانی رێژیم زۆر نالەبارە و ئەگەری لە ناو چوونیان و فەوتانیان هەیە". Kurdistan Media (in Kurdish). Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Erdhejê parêzgeha Urmiyê hejand". KurdistanMedia (in Kurdish). Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  9. ^ "همشهری آنلاین-استان‌های کشور به ۵ منطقه تقسیم شدند (Provinces were divided into 5 regions)". Hamshahri Online (in Persian). 22 June 2014. Archived from the original on 23 June 2014.
  10. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 04. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  11. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)" (Excel). Iran Data Portal (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 04. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

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