Miandoab

For the administrative division of West Azerbaijan province, see Miandoab County. For the village in Kerman province, see Miandoab.

Miandoab (Persian: مياندوآب)^{[lower-alpha 1]} is a city in the Central District of Miandoab County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.^[5]

Miandoab مياندوآب
City
Historic bridge in Miandoab
Miandoab
Coordinates: 36°57′57″N 46°06′19″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	West Azerbaijan
County	Miandoab
District	Central
Government
• Mayor	Abdollah Abdollahi[2]
• Parliament	Mehdi Eisazadeh (Miandoab, Shahin Dezh and Takab (electoral district))
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	134,425
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
Area code	044

Demographics

Language and ethnicity

Miandoab is largely populated by Azerbaijanis.^[6]

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 112,933 in 29,207 households.^[7] The following census in 2011 counted 123,081 people in 35,066 households.^[8] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 134,425 people in 41,459 households.^[3]

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 1,314 metres (4,311 ft) 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.^{[citation needed]} Miandoab County is located between the Iranian counties of Bukan, Malekan, Mahabad, and Shahin Dezh.

See also

Media related to Miandoab at Wikimedia Commons

Iran portal

Notes

1. Also romanized as Meyāndoāb, Mīāndoāb, Mīāndow Āb, Mīāndowāb, Mīāndūāb, Mīyāndoāb, and Miyāndūāb; Azerbaijani: قوشاچای, romanized as Qoşaçay^[4]

References

1. OpenStreetMap contributors (26 September 2024). "Miandoab, Miandoab County" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 26 September 2024.
2. "شهرداری میاندوآب در عمل به مناظره پاسخ می دهد".
3. Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): West Azerbaijan Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
4. Miandoab can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3074888" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
5. Habibi, Hassan (c. 2023) [Approved 21 June 1369]. Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of West Azerbaijan province, centered in the city of Urmia. lamtakam.com (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Council. Notification 82808/T137. Archived from the original on 20 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023 – via Lam ta Kam.
6. Moradi, Golmorad (1992). Ein Jahr autonome Regierung in Kurdistan: die Mahabad-Republik 1946-1947 : Geschichte der kurdischen Aufstandsbewegungen von der arabisch-islamischen Invasion bis zur Mahabad-Republik. City University of Applied Sciences. p. 256.
7. Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): West Azerbaijan Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
8. Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): West Azerbaijan Province. irandataportal.syr.edu (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022 – via Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University.