Shahin Dezh County () 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,

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. Its capital is the city of Shahin Dezh.

Demographics

Ethnicity and religion

About 70% of the population of the county are

Shia Shia Islam is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib () as both his political successor (caliph) and as the spiritual leader of the Muslim community (imam). However, his right is understood ...

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and 30% are

Sunni Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam and the largest religious denomination in the world. It holds that Muhammad did not appoint any successor and that his closest companion Abu Bakr () rightfully succeeded him as the caliph of the Mu ...

Kurds Kurds (), or the Kurdish people, are an Iranian peoples, Iranic ethnic group from West Asia. They are indigenous to Kurdistan, which is a geographic region spanning southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northeastern Syri ...

.Mashhad Ferdowsi University: تأثیر هویت مکانی بر توزیع فضایی رأی در حوزه انتخابیه میاندوآب، شاهین‌دژ و تکاب: در شهرستان شاهین دژ نسبت ترکیب جمعیت کرد ۳۰٪ و ترک ۷۰٪ و این ترکیب جمعیت در شهرستان تکاب ۳۵٪ به ۶۵٪ است.
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Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the county's population was 89,356 in 20,911 households. The following census in 2011 counted 91,113 people in 24,572 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 92,456 in 27,669 households.

Administrative divisions

Shahin Dezh County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.

Notes

References

{{Shahin Dezh County, state=collapsed Shahin Dezh County Counties of West Azerbaijan province