West Azerbaijan province

Not to be confused with East Azerbaijan province.
This article is about the Iranian province. For other uses, see Azerbaijan (disambiguation).

West Azerbaijan Province
Persian: استان آذربایجان غربی
Province
Location of West Azerbaijan province within Iran
Location of West Azerbaijan province within Iran
Coordinates: 37°52′N 44°53′E / 37.867°N 44.883°E / 37.867; 44.883[1]
Country Iran
RegionRegion 3
CapitalUrmia
Counties20
Government
 • Governor-generalReza Ebrahimi (Acting)
Area
 • Total37,437 km2 (14,455 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total3,265,219
 • Density87/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+03:30 (IRST)
Main language(s)Persian (official)
local languages:
Armenian[3]
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic[4]
Azerbaijani[5]
Kurdish[5]
Lishán Didán[6]
HDI (2017)0.758[7]
high · 26th

West Azerbaijan province (Persian: استان آذربایجان غربی)[a] is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, whose capital and largest city is Urmia.[10]

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 Iranian provinces of East Azerbaijan, Zanjan, and Kurdistan. West Azerbaijan province is part of Region 3.[11] It is separated from Armenia by Turkey's short border with the Azerbaijan Republic. The province covers an area of 39,487 km2, or 43,660 km2 including Lake Urmia.

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (29 September 2024). "West Azerbaijan Province" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2016 West Azerbaijan Province was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Amurian, A.; Kasheff, M. "ARMENIANS OF MODERN IRAN". Encyclopedia Iranica. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  4. ^ Macuch, R. "ASSYRIANS IN IRAN i. The Assyrian community (Āšūrīān) in Iran". Encyclopedia Iranica. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
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  6. ^ Windfuhr, Gernot (2006). "IRAN vii. NON-IRANIAN LANGUAGES (10). Aramaic". Encyclopedia Iranica. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "Erdhejê parêzgeha Urmiyê hejand". KurdistanMedia (in Kurdish). Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ "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.


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