Mirabad, West Azerbaijan
{{Short description|City in West Azerbaijan province, Iran}}
{{for multi|the administrative division of West Azerbaijan province|Mirabad County|other places with the same name|Mirabad (disambiguation){{!}}Mirabad}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
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|native_name = {{langx|fa|ميرآباد}}
|settlement_type = City
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|subdivision_type1 =Province
|subdivision_name1 =West Azerbaijan
|subdivision_type2 =County
|subdivision_name2 =Mirabad
|subdivision_type3 =District
|subdivision_name3 =Central
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|population_as_of = 2016
|population_total = 6000
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|timezone = IRST
|utc_offset = +3:30
|coordinates = {{Coord|36|24|20|N|45|22|17|E|dim:1km|display=inline,title}}
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Mirabad ({{langx|fa|ميرآباد}}){{efn|Also romanized as Mīrābād{{GEOnet3|-3849442}}}} is a city in the Central District{{efn|Formerly Vazineh District of Sardasht County}} of Mirabad County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county{{cite report|title=The city of Nalas was separated from Vazineh District and annexed to Sardasht County in West Azerbaijan province|language=fa|website=qavanin.ir|via=Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/301814|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928185438/https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/301814|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Mokhbar|first=Mohammad|archive-date=28 September 2023|orig-date=Approved 24 December 1401|date=c. 2023|id=Proposal 101108|access-date=21 December 2023}} and the district.{{cite report|title=Creation and establishment of two districts in West Azerbaijan province|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/115089|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714190652/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/115089|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political and Defense Commission of the Government Board|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=14 July 2024|date=c. 2024|orig-date=Approved 12 November 1373|id=Proposal 1.4.42.768; Notification 71540/T113K|access-date=14 July 2024}} It was the administrative center for Gavork-e Nalin Rural District{{cite report|title=Creation and formation of six rural districts including villages, farms and places in Sardasht County under West Azerbaijan province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110544|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205052600/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110544|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers|last=Mousavi|first=Mirhossein|archive-date=5 February 2018|access-date=21 December 2023|date=16 February 2016|orig-date=Approved 9 April 1366|id=Proposal 53.1.6004; Notification 73502/T898}} until its capital was transferred to the village of Musalan.
Demographics
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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 4,502 in 820 households, when it was in Vazineh District{{efn|Renamed the Central District of Mirabad County}} of Sardasht 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 5,430 people in 1,238 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 6,000 people in 1,550 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 2022, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Mirabad County and renamed the Central District, with Mirabad as the new county's capital.
See also
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