Yowla Galdi
City in West Azerbaijan province, Iran
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Yowla Galdi (Persian: يولاگلدي)[a] is a city in the Central District of Showt County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran. As a village, it was the capital of Chaybasar-e Sharqi Rural District[6] of the former Poldasht District in Maku County until the rural district's capital was transferred to the village of Eshqabad. It was the capital of Yowla Galdi Rural District[7] until its capital became the village of Azim Kandi.[3]
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, Yowla Galdi's population was 3,590 in 789 households, when it was a village in Yowla Galdi Rural District of the former Showt District in Maku County.[8] The following census in 2011 counted 3,845 people in 898 households,[9] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Showt County. The rural district was transferred to the new Central District.[10] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 3,935 people in 1,041 households.[4]
Yowla Galdi was converted to a city in 2018.[3]
