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Khoy
Persian: خوی | |
|---|---|
City | |
  Khoy | |
| Coordinates: 38°32′47″N 44°57′15″E / 38.54639°N 44.95417°E[1] | |
| Country | Iran |
| Province | West Azerbaijan |
| County | Khoy |
| District | Central |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Hassan Nasrollah pour |
| • Parliament | Adel Najafzadeh |
| Elevation [2] | 1,148 m (3,769 ft) |
| Population (2016)[3] | |
| • Total | 198,845 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
| Area code | 044-3 |
| Website | www |
Khoy (Persian and Azerbaijani: خوی; Kurdish: خۆی, romanized: Xoy;[4] and Armenian: Հեր, romanized: Her), also Romanized as Khoi,[5] is a city in the Central District of Khoy County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[6]
At the 2006 census, its population was 178,708 in 45,090 households.[7] The following census in 2011 counted 200,958 people in 57,149 households.[8] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 198,845 people in 59,964 households.[3]
Khoy is located north of the province's capital and largest city Urmia, and 807 km north-west to Tehran. The region's economy is based on agriculture, particularly the production of fruit, grain, and timber. Khoy is nicknamed as the Sunflower city of Iran. At the 2006 census, the city had a population of 178,708, with an estimated 2012 population of 200,985. Khoy is largely populated by ethnic Azerbaijanis,[9] except for the residents of the western edge of Khoy, who are mostly Kurds; The majority of the population (more than 90%) subscribes to the Shiite sect of Islam. The Kurds of this less, who live mostly in a nomadic way as opposed to the mostly settled Azerbaijanis, are largely Sunni and are composed of two independent tribes, Shakkak and Madrumi.[10]
Occupied since Median times, it shares a long history as an important Christian center.[11]
- ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (16 February 2024). "City, Khoy County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ "Xoy, Iran Page". Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 7 July 2008.
- ^ a b "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 04. Archived from the original (Excel) on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ "چوار کۆڵبەر لە سنورەکانی بانە و خۆی کوژران و برینداربون" (in Kurdish). 9 May 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ Khoy can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3071618" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
- ^ Habibi, Hassan (7 July 1369). "Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the country divisions of West Azerbaijan province, centered in the city of Urmia". Lamtakam (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers. Archived from the original on 20 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 04. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)" (Excel). Iran Data Portal (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 04. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ encyclopaedia islamica:اهالی شهرستان خوی به زبان ترکی سخن می‌گویند (صدرایی‌خویی، 1373ش، ص 65)
- ^ Encyclopedia of Islamic World:به جز ساکنان حاشیه غربی شهرستان خوی که بیشتر کرد هستند؛ اکثریت جمعیت منطقه (بیش از ۹۰٪) شیعه دوازده امامی‌اند. کردهای این منطقه بیشتر به صورت عشایری زندگی می‌کنند و از دو طایفه مستقل کره‌سنی و مدرومی هستند
- ^ Andrew Burke, "Iran" pp. 138. Lonely Planet. ISBN 1742203493