Qatur District () is in
Khoy County
Khoy County () is in West Azerbaijan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Khoy.
History
Khoy was named in ancient times for the salt mines that made it an important spur of the Silk Route. 3000 years ago, a city had existed on the are ...
,
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
Qatur.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the district's population was 24,407 in 4,339 households.
The following census in 2011 counted 26,583 people in 5,700 households,
by which time the village of
Qatur had been elevated to the status of a city.
The 2016 census measured the population of the district as 24,591 inhabitants in 5,838 households.
Administrative divisions
See also
References
Districts of West Azerbaijan province
Populated places in Khoy County
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