Mahabad
City in West Azerbaijan province, Iran / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the administrative division of West Azerbaijan province, see Mahabad County. For other places with the same name, see Mahabad.
Mahabad (Persian: مهاباد, Sorani Kurdish: مەهاباد, and Kurdish: Mehabad), also Romanized as Mihābād and Muhābād,[4] and formerly known as Savojbolagh (Persian: ساوجبلاغ), is a city in the Central District of Mahabad County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[5]
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Mahabad
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City | |
Coordinates: 36°46′04″N 45°44′02″E[1] | |
Country | Iran |
Province | West Azerbaijan |
County | Mahabad |
District | Central |
Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 168,393 |
Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
Area code | 044 |
Website | www |
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At the 2006 census, its population was 133,324 in 31,000 households.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 147,268 people in 38,393 households.[7] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 168,393 people in 47,974 households.[2]
The city lies south of Lake Urmia in a narrow valley 1,300 metres above sea level.[8][9]