Showt
{{Short description|City in West Azerbaijan province, Iran}}
{{for|the administrative division of West Azerbaijan province|Showt County}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
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Showt ({{langx|fa|شوط}}){{efn|Also romanized as Showţ; also known as Shoţ; {{langx|hy|Շոթ}}{{GEOnet3|218711}}}} is a city in the Central District of Showt County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.{{cite report|title=Approval letter regarding reforms of national divisions in West Azerbaijan province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/134945|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413002459/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/134945|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board|last=Davodi|first=Parviz|archive-date=13 April 2014|orig-date=Approved 18 September 1386|date=24 January 1393|id=Proposal 138613/42/4/1; Notification 156165/T32690K|access-date=21 November 2023}}
Demographics
=Population=
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 19,759 in 4,654 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}} when it was capital of the former Showt District of Maku County.{{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/112236|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240926003024/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/112236|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|orig-date=Approved 21 April 1368|date=c. 2024|id=Proposal 4.53.4892|last=Mousavi|first=Mirhossein|archive-date=26 September 2024|access-date=26 September 2024}} The following census in 2011 counted 21,047 people in 5,491 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}} by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Showt County. Showt was transferred to the new Central District as the county's capital. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 25,381 people in 7,219 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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Notes
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References
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- {{GEOnet|218711}}
- [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IR/1/Shot.html "Shot, Iran"]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, Falling Rain Genomics, Inc.
- [http://www.maplandia.com/iran/west-azarbayejan/shot/ "Shot Map — Satellite Images of Shot"], Maplandia
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{{West Azerbaijan Province|state=collapsed}}
{{Showt County|state=collapsed}}
Category:Cities in West Azerbaijan province
Category:Populated places in Showt County
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