Sharafkhaneh
{{Short description|City in East Azerbaijan province, Iran}}
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|image_skyline = Sharafkhaneh Lake Urmia.jpg
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|image_caption = Remnants of a dilapidated dock, Sharafkhaneh port
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = Iran
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = East Azerbaijan
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Shabestar
|subdivision_type3 = District
|subdivision_name3 = Central
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|population_total = 4244
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|timezone = IRST
|utc_offset = +3:30
|coordinates = {{coord|38|10|41|N|45|29|23|E|dim:1km|display=inline,title}}
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Sharafkhaneh ({{langx|fa|شرفخانه}}){{efn|Also romanized as Sharafkhāneh; also known as Bandar-e Sharafkhāneh, Sharifkhane, Sharifkhaneh, and Sheraf-Khane{{GEOnet3|-3084556}}}} is a city in the Central District of Shabestar County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran.{{cite report|title=Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the country divisions of East Azerbaijan province centered on the city of Tabriz|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Research Center of the System of Laws of the Islamic Council of the Farabi Library of Mobile Users|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/113028|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130804122525/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/113028|archive-date=4 August 2013|publisher=Ministry of Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board|last=Habibi|date=c. 2013|orig-date=Approved 21 June 1369|first=Hassan|id=Notification 8284/2T142K|access-date=4 December 2023}} The city is on Lake Urmia.
Demographics
=Population=
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 3,872 in 1,132 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 census in 2011 counted 3,585 people in 1,133 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 city as 4,244 people in 1,446 households.{{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}}
{{Shabestar County|state=collapsed}}
Category:Cities in East Azerbaijan province
Category:Populated places in Shabestar County
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