Marganlar

Marganlar

Marganlar

City in West Azerbaijan province, Iran

For other places with a similar name, see Margan.

Marganlar (Persian: مرگنلر; in Armenian: Մարական) is a city in, and the capital of, Qarah Quyun District of Showt County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.[3] It also serves as the administrative center for Qarah Quyun-e Jonubi Rural District.[4]

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At the 2006 census, its population (as the total of the constituent villages merged to later form the city) was 2,423 in 533 households, when it was in Qarah Quyun-e Jonubi Rural District of Showt District, Maku County.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 2,247 people in 615 households,[6] by which time the villages of Margan-e Azizabad, Margan-e Esmail Kandi, Margan-e Qadim, and Margan-e Vasat had merged to form the new city of Marganlar,[7] and the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Showt County.[3] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 2,294 people in 642 households.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    OpenStreetMap contributors (15 February 2024). "Marganlar, Showt County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  2. [2]
    "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 04. Archived from the original (Excel) on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
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    Davodi, Parviz (18 September 1386). "Approval letter regarding reforms of country divisions in West Azerbaijan province". Islamic Parliament Research Center (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Political-Defense Commmission. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
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    Mousavi, Mirhossein. "Creation and formation of 12 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Maku County under West Azerbaijan province". Research Center of the System of Laws of the Islamic Council of the Farabi Library of Mobile Users (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Board of Ministers. Archived from the original on 1 June 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
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    "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.
  6. [6]
    "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 04. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  7. [7]
    "The mayor of Merganler was appointed". Shout-AG (in Persian). Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
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