Baruq

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Baruq ({{langx|fa|باروق}}){{efn|Also romanized as Bārūq{{GEOnet3|-3055653}}}} is a city in the Central District{{efn|Formerly Baruq District of Miandoab County}} of Baruq County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county{{Cite news|title=Approval letter regarding national divisions in Miandoab County of West Azerbaijan province|url=https://dotic.ir/news/9835|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004212536/https://dotic.ir/news/9835|archive-date=4 October 2021|date=31 July 2021|orig-date=Approved 27 April 1400|website=dotic.ir|via=Laws and Regulations Portal of Iran|last=Jahangiri|first=Ishaq|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|language=fa|access-date=3 March 2023|id=Proposal 210606}} and the district.{{cite report|title=Carrying out reforms in the counties of Shahin Dezh and Miandoab in West Azerbaijan province and creating Baruq District|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/119771|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231223012844/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/119771|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=23 December 2023|orig-date=Approved 27 December 1379|date=c. 2023|id=Proposal 1.4.42.2321; Notification 59831/T23060|access-date=23 December 2023}}

Etymology

According to Vladimir Minorsky, the name "Baruq" is derived from the Mongolian word barugh meaning "large, ample".{{cite journal |last1=Minorsky |first1=Vladimir |author1-link=Vladimir Minorsky |title=Mongol Place-Names in Mukri Kurdistan |journal=Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London |date=1957 |volume=19 |issue=1 |pages=58-81 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/609632 |access-date=16 October 2022}}{{rp|76}}

Demographics

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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 3,874 in 913 households, when it was in Baruq District{{efn|Renamed the Central District of Baruq County}} of Miandoab County.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): West 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/04.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094953/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/04.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The following census in 2011 counted 4,118 people in 1,142 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): West Azerbaijan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=irandataportal.syr.edu|via=Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University|url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/West-Azerbaijan.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120205939/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/West-Azerbaijan.xls|archive-date=20 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 4,225 people in 1,345 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): West 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_04.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830042935/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_04.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=30 August 2022}}

In 2021, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Baruq County and renamed the Central District, with Baruq as the new county's capital.

Notes

References

Category:Cities in West Azerbaijan province

Category:Populated places in Baruq County