Zu ol Bin Rural District
Zu ol Bin Rural District () is in Yamchi District of Marand County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran. It is administered from the city of Yamchi
Yamchi () is a city in, and the capital of, Yamchi District in Marand County, East Azerb ...
Marand County
Marand County () is in East Azerbaijan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Marand.
History
In 2021, Koshksaray Rural District and the city of Koshksaray were separated from the Central District in the formation of Koshksaray Dist ...
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East Azerbaijan
East Azerbaijan province () is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Tabriz.
The province is located in Iranian Azerbaijan, bordering Armenia, the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ardabil province, West Azerbaijan province ...
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 ...
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Etymology
According to
Vladimir Minorsky
Vladimir Fyodorovich Minorsky (; – 25 March 1966) was a White Russian academic, historian, and scholar of Oriental studies, best known for his contributions to the study of history of Iran and the Iranian peoples such as Persians, Lurs, and ...
, the name "Margid" is derived from the historical Mongol tribe of
Merkit
The Merkit (; ; ) was one of the five major tribal confederations of Mongol
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 2,735 in 701 households. The following census in 2011 counted 2,987 people in 888 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 3,104 people in 954 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.