Nalus
{{Short description|City in West Azerbaijan province, Iran}}
{{for|the administrative division|Nalus District}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
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Nalus ({{langx|fa|نالوس}}){{efn|Also romanized as Nālūs{{GEOnet3|-3076377}}}} is a city in, and the capital of, Nalus District of Oshnavieh County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.{{cite report|title=Reforms of national divisions in West Azerbaijan province|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/116570|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231222215215/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/116570|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Council|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=22 December 2023|orig-date=Approved 18 September 1375|date=c. 2023|id=Proposal 3638-1; Notification 121302/17168K|access-date=22 December 2023}} It also serves as the administrative center for Oshnavieh-ye Jonubi Rural District.{{cite report|title=Creation and formation of five rural districts including villages, farms and places located in Naqdeh County under West Azerbaijan province|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/110102|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231222214517/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/110102|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Mousavi|first=Mirhossein|archive-date=22 December 2023|date=c. 2023|orig-date=Approved 2 February 1366|id=Proposal 11396.1.5.53; Notification 110696/T348|access-date=22 December 2023}}{{efn|Formerly Godar Rural District{{cite report|title=Approval of reforms in the rural districts of West Azerbaijan province|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/112808|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240218154225/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/112808|publisher=Ministry of Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Council|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=18 February 2024|orig-date=Approved 26 February 1369|date= c. 2024|id=Proposal 14034.1.5.53; Notification 40154/T42K|access-date=18 February 2024}}}}
Demographics
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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 2,488 in 533 households.{{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 2,938 people in 669 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 2,973 people in 778 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}}
See also
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{{West Azerbaijan Province|state=collapsed}}
{{Oshnavieh County|state=collapsed}}
Category:Cities in West Azerbaijan province
Category:Populated places in Oshnavieh County
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