Meyaneh County

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Meyaneh County
شهرستان میانه
County
Location of Meyaneh County in East Azerbaijan Province
Coordinates: 37°25′N 47°42′E / 37.417°N 47.700°E / 37.417; 47.700Coordinates: 37°25′N 47°42′E / 37.417°N 47.700°E / 37.417; 47.700
Country  Iran
Province East Azerbaijan
Capital Meyaneh
Bakhsh (Districts) Central District, Kaghazkonan District, Kandovan District, Torkamanchay District
Population (2006)
  Total 187,870
Time zone IRST (UTC+3:30)
  Summer (DST) IRDT (UTC+4:30)
Meyaneh County can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "9205880" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".

Meyaneh County[1] (also Miyaneh County) (Persian: شهرستان میانه) is a county in East Azerbaijan Province in Iran.[2] The capital of the county is Meyaneh. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 187,870, in 46,469 families.[3] The county is subdivided into four districts: the Central District, Kaghazkonan District, Kandovan District, and Torkamanchay District. The county has four cities: Meyaneh, Aqkand, Tark, and Torkamanchay (where the Treaty of Turkmenchay was signed by Russia and Iran in 1828).

References

  1. BGN Standard without diacritics. "Geonames" United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
  2. اطلس گیتاشناسی استان‌های ایران [Atlas Gitashenasi Ostanhai Iran] (Gitashenasi Province Atlas of Iran)
  3. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Islamic Republic of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-11-11. 
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