The Central District of
Salmas County
Salmas County () is in West Azerbaijan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Salmas.
Demographics Ethnicity
The county is populated largely by Kurds and a smaller minority of Azerbaijanis. Also a few hundred Assyrians live in the dis ...
() is in
West Azerbaijan
West Azerbaijan province () is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, provinces of Iran, whose capital and largest city is Urmia.
It is in the Azerbaijan (Iran), northwest of the country, bordered by Turkey (Ağrı Province, Ağrı, Hakkâri Pr ...
province,
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
. Its capital is the city of
Salmas
Salmas () is a city in the Central District of Salmas County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. It is northwest of Lake Urmia, near Turkey.
Etymology
The original name of Salmas was ...
.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the district's population was 150,256 in 34,974 households.
The following census in 2011 counted 165,639 people in 43,485 households.
The 2016 census measured the population of the district as 168,630 inhabitants in 47,608 households.
Administrative divisions
See also
References
Districts of West Azerbaijan province
Populated places in Salmas County
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