Galin Qayah

Galin Qayah Persian: گلين قيه
Village
Galin Qayah
Coordinates: 38°40′33″N 45°35′37″E / 38.67583°N 45.59361°E / 38.67583; 45.59361[1]
Country	Iran
Province	East Azerbaijan
County	Marand
District	Central
Rural District	Harzandat-e Gharbi
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	1,990
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Galin Qayah (Persian: گلين قيه)^[a] is a village in, and the capital of, Harzandat-e Gharbi Rural District^[4] in the Central District of Marand County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran.

Demographics

Language

The people of Galin Qayah speak the Harzandi dialect of the Tati language.^{[citation needed]}

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 2,461 in 655 households.^[5] The following census in 2011 counted 2,326 people in 721 households.^[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 1,990 people in 682 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.^[2]

See also

Iran portal

Notes

1. Also romanized as Galīn Qayah and Galīn Qayeh; also known as Galin Qaya^[3]

References

1. OpenStreetMap contributors (23 March 2025). "Galinqaya, دهستان هرزندات غربی, بخش مرکزی [Harzandat-e Gharbi Rural District, Central District], Marand County, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 23 March 2025.
2. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان آذربایجان شرقی [General Population and Housing Census 2016: East Azerbaijan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
3. Galin Qayah can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3063283" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
4. Mousavi, Mir-Hossein (22 April 1987) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1366/02/02 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ایجاد و تشکیل تعداد 12 دهستان شامل روستاها، مزارع و مکانها در شهرستان مرند تابع استان آذربایجان شرقی [‌Establishment and formation of 12 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Marand County, East Azerbaijan province]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شناسه [ID] 871BD923-101A-46A1-83E3-98354CF854D1. شماره دوره [Course number] 66, شماره جلد [Volume number] 2. Archived from the original on 11 September 2025. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
5. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان آذربایجان شرقی [General Population and Housing Census 2006: East Azerbaijan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
6. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان آذربایجان شرقی [General Population and Housing Census 2011: East Azerbaijan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.