Poldasht

For the administrative division of West Azerbaijan province, see Poldasht County. For the former administrative division of Maku County, see Poldasht District. For the city in Tehran province, see Pakdasht.

Poldasht (Persian: پلدشت)^[a] is a city in the Central District of Poldasht County in Iran's West Azerbaijan province, serving as capital of both the county and the district.^[4] The city lies on the western bank of the Aras River.

Poldasht پلدشت Kurdish: پارێزدەشت
City
Aras River in the Poldasht border region
Poldasht
Coordinates: 39°20′41″N 45°04′05″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	West Azerbaijan
County	Poldasht
District	Central
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	11,472
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Poldasht is a Persian word meaning arable land by the bridge. The city is situated near the border crossing with the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. Across the Poldasht-Shah Takhti Bridge over the Aras is the Azerbaijani village of Şahtaxtı. It is one of the two Iran-Nakhchivan border crossings; the other is located near the city of Jolfa in East Azerbaijan province. Also adjacent to Poldasht is the Aras River Dam.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 8,584 people in 2,205 households,^[5] when it was capital of the former Poldasht District of Maku County.^[6] The following census in 2011 counted 9,963 people in 2,658 households,^[7] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Poldasht County. Poldasht was transferred to the new Central District as the county's capital.^[4] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 11,472 people in 3,377 households.^[2]

See also

Iran portal

Notes

1. Also romanized as Pol Dasht, Pol’desht, and Pol-e Dasht; also known as Araplar and Pul Dasht; and Azerbaijani: Daş Körpü^[3]