Showt
City in West Azerbaijan province, Iran
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Showt (Persian: شوط)[a] is a city in the Central District of Showt County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[5]
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 19,759 in 4,654 households,[6] when it was capital of the former Showt District in Maku County.[7] The following census in 2011 counted 21,047 people in 5,491 households,[8] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Showt County. Showt was transferred to the new Central District as the county's capital.[5] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 25,381 people in 7,219 households.[3]
