Persian (official) local languages: Armenian[2] Assyrian Neo-Aramaic[3] Azerbaijani[4] Kurdish[4] Lishán Didán[5]
HDI (2017)
0.758[6] high · 26th
West Azerbaijan province (Persian: استان آذربایجان غربی, romanized: Āzarbāyjān-e Gharbī; Kurdish: پارێزگای ئورمیە, romanized: Parêzgeha Urmiyê;[7][8] Azerbaijani: غربی آذربایجان اوستانی) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, whose capital and largest city is Urmia. It is in the northwest of the country, bordered by Turkey (Ağrı, Hakkâri, Iğdır and Van Provinces), Iraq (Erbil and Sulaymaniyah Governorates) and Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, as well as the provinces of East Azerbaijan, Zanjan and Kurdistan. The Iranian province is part of Region 3.[9] It is separated from Armenia by Turkey's short border with the Azerbaijan Republic.
The province of West Azerbaijan covers an area of 39,487 km2, or 43,660 km2 including Lake Urmia. At the time of the National Census of 2006, the province had a population of 2,831,779 people in 655,260 households.[10] The following census in 2011 counted 3,080,576 inhabitants in 822,152 households.[11] At the latest census in 2016, the population had increased to 3,265,219 in 935,956 households.[1]
West Azerbaijan Province Historical Population
Year
Pop.
±%
1956
721,136
—
1966
1,087,182
+50.8%
1986
1,971,677
+81.4%
2006
2,831,779
+43.6%
2011
3,080,576
+8.8%
2016
3,265,219
+6.0%
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^"کوردستان میدیا: دۆخی ئاسەوارە مێژووییەکانی پارێزگای ئورمیە بە هۆی دابین نەکردنی بوودجە و کەمتەرخەمی بەرپرسانی رێژیم زۆر نالەبارە و ئەگەری لە ناو چوونیان و فەوتانیان هەیە". Kurdistan Media (in Kurdish). Retrieved 21 March 2020.
^"Erdhejê parêzgeha Urmiyê hejand". KurdistanMedia (in Kurdish). Retrieved 21 March 2020.
^"همشهری آنلاین-استان‌های کشور به ۵ منطقه تقسیم شدند (Provinces were divided into 5 regions)". Hamshahri Online (in Persian). 22 June 2014. Archived from the original on 23 June 2014.
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