Malekan

For the administrative division of East Azerbaijan province, see Malekan County. For the village in Isfahan province, see Malakan.

Malekan (Persian: ملکان)^[a] is a city in the Central District of Malekan County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.^[4]

Malekan or Malekkandi Persian: ملكان
City
Malekan or Malekkandi
Coordinates: 37°08′34″N 46°06′19″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	East Azerbaijan
County	Malekan
District	Central
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	27,431
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 23,989 in 6,356 households.^[5] The following census in 2011 counted 25,312 people in 7,284 households.^[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 27,431 people in 8,467 households.^[2]

Notable people

• Shahruz Afkhami (born 1962), politician
• Amin Esmaeilnezhad (born 1996), volleyball player
• Salman Khodadadi (born 1962), politician
• Hossein Ronaghi Maleki (born 1985), human rights activist and blogger
• Younes Sarmasti (born 1994), freestyle wrestler

See also

Iran portal

Notes

1. Also romanized as Malekān; formerly Malik Kandi (Azerbaijani: مَلِکْ کَنْدی), also romanized as Malek Kandī; also known as Malikkand^[3]