Malekan

City in East Azerbaijan province, Iran From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Malekan (Persian: ملکان)^[a] is a city in the Central District of Malekan County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.^[5]

CountryIran

Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

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Malekan Persian: ملكان
City
Malekan
Coordinates: 37°08′34″N 46°06′19″E^[1]^[2]
Country	Iran
Province	East Azerbaijan
County	Malekan
District	Central
Population (2016)^[3]
• Total	27,431
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

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Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 23,989 in 6,356 households.^[6] The following census in 2011 counted 25,312 people in 7,284 households.^[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 27,431 people in 8,467 households.^[3]

Notable people

Shahruz Afkhami (born 1962), politician
Amin Esmaeilnezhad (born 1996), volleyball player
Salman Khodadadi (born 1962), politician
Hossein Ronaghi Maleki (born 1985), human rights activist and blogger
Younes Sarmasti (born 1994), freestyle wrestler

See also

Notes

[a]
Also romanized as Malekān; formerly Malik Kandi (Azerbaijani: مَلِکْ کَنْدی), also romanized as Malek Kandī; also known as Malikkand^[4]

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