Sufiyan ( fa, صوفيان; also

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d as Şufīyān, Soofiyan, Şowfyān, and Sūfīyān) is a city and capital of Sufiyan District, in

Shabestar County Shabestar County ( fa, شهرستان شبستر) is in East Azerbaijan province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Shabestar Shabestar ( fa, شبستر; also known as Chabiastar, Shabiastar, and Shabistar) is a city and capital ...

East Azerbaijan Province East Azerbaijan Province ( fa, استان آذربایجان شرقی ''Āzarbāijān-e Sharqi''; az-Arab, شرقی آذربایجان اوستانی) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is located in Iranian Azerbaijan, bordering Armeni ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

. At the 2016 census, its population was 9963, in 3273 families. There is a major cement factory operated by the Sufiyan Cement Company to the southeast of the city. The city has at least 5 mosques, 4 of them in close proximity in the city centre.

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Populated places in Shabestar County Cities in East Azerbaijan Province {{Shabestar-geo-stub