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Published in Georgia - Social interactions and entertainment - 6 - 02 Nov 17 05:24

hi dear reader....this is the second article about province of IRAN
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https://www.edominations.com/fa/article/5914dont forget ï»¿sub, vote and support my newspaperï»¿West Azerbaijan Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the northwest of the country, bordering Turkey, Iraq and Azerbaijans Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, as well as the provinces of East Azerbaijan, Zanjan and Kurdistan. The province is part of Region 3. It is separated from Armenia by Turkeys short border with the Azerbaijan Republic. The province of West Azerbaijan covers an area of 39,487Â kmÂ², or 43,660Â kmÂ² including Lake Urmia. In 2012 the province had a population of about 3 million (estimate). The capital city and largest city of the province is Urmia.

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There are no official statistics or census figures on the ethnic makeup of Iran. Most of the population in West Azerbaijan Province are Azerbaijanis and Kurds. There are three other ethnic and religious groups who are native to the province and have minority status: Armenians, Assyrians, and Jews. There are also Kurdish immigrants from neighbor province in some southern cities of the province.The majority population of West Azerbaijan are Azerbaijanis with 76.2 percent of the population and Kurds with 21.7% percent respectively Azerbaijanis live mostly in Chaldoran, Maku, Khoy, Salmas, Urmia, Naghadeh, Miandoab, Shahindej and Takab counties and Kurds inhabit mostly Oshnaviyeh, Sardasht, Mahabad, Piranshahr and Bukan counties.