Piranshahr County

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Piranshahr County
Persian: شهرستان پیرانشهر
County
Landscape in Piranshahr County
Landscape in Piranshahr County
Location of Piranshahr County in West Azerbaijan province (bottom left, purple)
Location of Piranshahr County in West Azerbaijan province (bottom left, purple)
Location of West Azerbaijan province in Iran
Location of West Azerbaijan province in Iran
Coordinates: 36°40′N 45°12′E / 36.667°N 45.200°E / 36.667; 45.200[1][2]
Country Iran
ProvinceWest Azerbaijan
CapitalPiranshahr
DistrictsCentral, Lajan
Population
 (2016)[3]
 • Total
138,864
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
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Piranshahr County (Persian: شهرستان پیرانشهر) is in West Azerbaijan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Piranshahr.[4]

Demographics

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Population

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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the county's population was 107,677 in 20,617 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 123,639 people in 28,415 households.[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 138,864 in 34,560 households.[3]

Administrative divisions

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Piranshahr County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.

Piranshahr County Population
Administrative Divisions 2006[5] 2011[6] 2016[3]
Central District 84,920 99,205 115,200
Lahijan RD 5,509 5,481 5,183
Mangur-e Gharbi RD 9,120 8,999 9,090
Piran RD 12,599 15,676 9,412
Piranshahr (city) 57,692 69,049 91,515
Lajan District 22,757 24,434 23,664
Lahijan-e Gharbi RD 6,904 7,169 6,261
Lahijan-e Sharqi RD 14,537 15,592 13,202
Lajan (city)[a] 1,316 1,673 4,201
Total 107,677 123,639 138,864
RD = Rural District

See also

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Media related to Piranshahr County at Wikimedia Commons

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Notes

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  1. ^ Formerly Gerd Kashaneh[7]

References

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  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (27 September 2024). "دهستان پیران, بخش مرکزی شهرستان پیرانشهر [Piran Rural District, Central District of Piranshahr County], Piranshahr County, West Azerbaijan Province, 57818-49633, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  2. ^ "M58X+MX9 Laven, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
  3. ^ a b c سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان آذربایجان غربی [General Population and Housing Census 2016: West Azerbaijan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. ^ Habibi, Hassan (12 September 1990) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1369/06/21 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب سازمان و سلسله تابعیت عناصر و واحدهای تقسیمات کشوری استان آذربایجان غربی به مرکزیت شهر ارومیه [‌Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of West Azerbaijan province, centered in the city of Urmia]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. شناسه [ID] D6D37EAB-50D7-43D6-B320-D774C01ADE50. شماره دوره [Course number] 69, شماره جلد [Volume number] 3. Archived from the original on 20 December 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  5. ^ a b سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان آذربایجان غربی [General Population and Housing Census 2006: West 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. ^ a b سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان آذربایجان غربی [General Population and Housing Census 2011: West Azerbaijan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  7. ^ Jahangiri, Eshaq (17 March 2019) [تاریخ ابلاغ (Notification date) 26/12/1397 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب‌نامه در خصوص تقسیمات کشوری در استان‌های آذربایجان غربی، اردبیل، اصفهان، بوشهر، سیستان و بلوچستان، فارس، قم، لرستان، مازندران [‌Approval regarding national divisions in the provinces of West Azerbaijan, Ardabil, Isfahan, Bushehr, Sistan and Baluchestan, Fars, Qom, Lorestan, Mazandaran]. پژوهشکده حقوقی شهر دانش [Shahr Danesh Law Research Institute] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شماره ابلاغیه [Notification number] 175033/T56016H. Archived from the original on 29 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2025.