Melkari-ye Gharbi Rural District

Melkari-ye Gharbi Rural District
Persian: دهستان ملکاری غربی
Melkari-ye Gharbi Rural District is located in Iran
Melkari-ye Gharbi Rural District
Melkari-ye Gharbi Rural District
Coordinates: 36°16′04″N 45°25′49″E / 36.26778°N 45.43028°E / 36.26778; 45.43028[1]
CountryIran
ProvinceWest Azerbaijan
CountyMirabad
DistrictZab
CapitalAghlan
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total16,301
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Melkari-ye Gharbi Rural District (Persian: دهستان ملکاری غربی)[3][a] is in Zab District of Mirabad County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Aghlan.[4] The previous capital of the rural district was the village of Nalas,[5] now a city.[6]

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (26 September 2024). "Melkari-ye Gharbi Rural District (Mirabad County)" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2016 West Azerbaijan Province was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Iranian National Committee for Standardization of Geographical Names website (in Persian)
  4. ^ a b Mokhbar, Mohammad (c. 2023) [Approved 24 December 1401]. The city of Nalas was separated from Vazineh District and annexed to Sardasht County in West Azerbaijan province. qavanin.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers. Proposal 101108. Archived from the original on 28 September 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023 – via Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
  5. ^ Mousavi, Mirhossein (16 February 2016) [Approved 9 April 1366]. Creation and formation of six rural districts including villages, farms and places in Sardasht County under West Azerbaijan province. rc.majlis.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers. Proposal 53.1.6004; Notification 73502/T898. Archived from the original on 5 February 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2023 – via Islamic Parliament Research Center of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
  6. ^ Jahangiri, Ishaq (19 November 2017) [Approved 15 August 1397]. "Approval of the Cabinet of Ministers regarding the conversion of Nalas village, the center of Melkari Rural District, Vazineh District, Sardasht County, West Azerbaijan province, to a city and changing the center of Melkari Rural District from Nalas village to Vavan village". dotic.ir (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers. Letter 107814. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2023 – via Laws and Regulations Portal of Iran.


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