Wast Azerbaijan Province
West Azarbaijan or West Azerbaijan (Persie: آذربایجان غربی, Azerbaijani: غربی آذربایجان, Kurdish:ئازەربایجانا رۆژاڤا ) is ane o the 31 provinces o Iran. It is locatit in the Northwast o the kintra, borderin Turkey, Iraq an Nakhchivan, an the provinces o East Azerbaijan, Zanjan an Kurdistan.
Wast Azerbaijan Province استان آذربایجان غربی | |
|---|---|
 Location o Wast Azerbaijan athin Iran | |
| Coordinates: 37°33′10″N 45°04′33″E / 37.5528°N 45.0759°E | |
| Kintra |  Iran |
| Caipital | Urmia |
| Coonties | 17 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 37437 km2 (14,455 sq mi) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 3,080,576 |
| • Density | 82/km2 (210/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+03:30 (IRST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+04:30 (IRST) |
| Main leid(s) | Persie (offeecial) local leids: Azeri[1][2][3][4] Kurdish[5] Armenie Assirie[6] . |
The province o Wast Azerbaijan covers an aurie o 39,487 km², or 43,660 km² includin Loch Urmia. In 2006 the province haed a population o 3,015,361 [1] Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine. The caipital ceety o the province is Urmia.
Notes
eedit- ↑ "Geography: Turkic-speaking Groups" Iran: A Country Study, Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, (2008)
- ↑ Minahan, James (2002) Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations: S-Z (Volume 4 of Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations: Ethnic and National Groups Around the World) Greenwood Publishing Group, Westport, Connecticut, page 1765, ISBN 978-0-313-32384-3
- ↑ Price, Glanville (editor) (2000) Encyclopedia of the languages of Europe Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, England, page 21, ISBN 978-0-631-22039-8
- ↑ Shaffer, Brenda (2002) Borders and brethren: Iran and the challenge of Azarbaijani identity, MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, page 1, ISBN 978-0-262-69277-9
- ↑ McLachlan, Keith Stanley (1994) The Boundaries of Modern Iran UCL Press, London, page 55, ISBN 978-1-85728-125-5
- ↑ Anderson, Bridget et al. (1997) World Directory of Minorities (2nd edition) Minority Rights Group International, London, page 338, ISBN 978-1-873194-36-2
Freemit airtins
eedit| Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae West Azarbaijan province. |
- Piranshahr-ag.ir Archived 2011-01-23 at the Wayback Machine
- Offeecial wabsteid o Wast Azarbaijan Govrenor’s Office Archived 2011-02-26 at the Wayback Machine
- Wast Azarbaijan’s Govrenment Portal Archived 2006-12-15 at Archive.today
- Urmia sport news agency Archived 2011-08-07 at the Wayback Machine
- Wast Azarbaijan Provincial Management Organization Archived 2006-01-05 at the Wayback Machine
- Wast Azarbaijan Cultural Heritage Organization Archived 2005-03-08 at the Wayback Machine
- Recent photos frae Azarbaijan
- Lake Urmia UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Archived 2006-05-21 at the Wayback Machine
- About Urmia