Meyaneh County

Miyana County
شهرستان میانه
County

Location of Miyana County in East Azerbaijan Province
Coordinates: 37°25′N 47°42′E / 37.417°N 47.700°ECoordinates: 37°25′N 47°42′E / 37.417°N 47.700°E
Country  Iran
Province East Azerbaijan
Capital Miyana
Bakhsh (Districts) Central District, Kaghazkonan District, Kandovan District, Turkamanchay District
Population (2006)
  Total 187,870
Time zone IRST (UTC+3:30)
  Summer (DST) IRDT (UTC+4:30)
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Miyana 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.