Azghan
{{Short description|Village in East Azerbaijan province, Iran}}
{{redirect|Askol|the village in Kurdistan province|Askol-e Pain|the administrative division|Azghan Rural District}}
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|native_name = {{langx|fa|آذغان}}
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|subdivision_name1 = East Azerbaijan
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Ahar
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|subdivision_name3 = Central
|subdivision_type4 = Rural District
|subdivision_name4 = Azghan
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Azghan ({{langx|fa|اذغان}}){{efn|Also romanized as Āzghān and Āz̄ghān; also known as Ārghān, Askol, and Azgan{{GEOnet3|-3054159|Azghan}}}} is a village in, and the capital of, Azghan Rural District in the Central District of Ahar County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran.{{cite report|title=Creation and formation of 30 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Ahar County under East Azerbaijan province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Council Research Center|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/108030|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101026110716/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/108030|archive-date=26 October 2010|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers|last=Mousavi|first=Mirhossein|orig-date=Approved 18 May 1366|date=c. 2010|id=Notification 115730/T835|access-date=29 November 2023}}
Demographics
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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 1,132 in 290 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): East Azerbaijan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/03.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920092432/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/03.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The following census in 2011 counted 1,061 people in 296 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): East Azerbaijan Province|website=irandataportal.syr.edu|via=Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/East-Azerbaijan.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116202318/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/East-Azerbaijan.xls|archive-date=16 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 1,011 people in 346 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): East Azerbaijan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_03.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113123618/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_03.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=13 November 2020}}
See also
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{{East Azerbaijan Province|state=collapsed}}
{{Ahar County|state=collapsed}}
Category:Populated places in Ahar County
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