East Azerbaijan

آذربايجان شرقی East Azerbaijan
Location of the province of East Azerbaijan in Iran
Basic data
Country	Iran
Capital	Tabriz
surface	45,650 km²
Residents	3,909,652 (2016 census)
density	86 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	IR-01

Coordinates: 37 ° 59 '  N , 46 ° 38'  E

The Armenian monastery Sankt Stephanos is located near Jolfa above the border river to Azerbaijan in Iran

East Azerbaijan ( Persian آذربايجان شرقی Āzārbāyǧān-e Šarqī , Azerbaijani Şərqi Azərbaycan ) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran . The capital is Tabriz . East Azerbaijan is part of the Iranian Azerbaijan landscape .

3,909,652 people live in the province (2016 census). The province covers 45,650 square kilometers. The population density is 86 inhabitants per square kilometer.

geography

The province of East Azerbaijan is located in northwestern Iran between 36 ° 43 'to 39 ° 42' north latitude 45 ° 5 'to 48 ° 56' east longitude. The area is bounded to the north by the republics of Azerbaijan and Armenia , to the east by the Ardabil Province , to the south by the Zanjan Province and to the west by the West Azerbaijan Province .

This area forms the eastern part of the Azerbaijan Plateau, which is part of the Iranian Plateau. 71% of this land is occupied by mountains; the high-yield building land makes up 29% of the land.

The Iran-Armenia natural gas pipeline, which went into operation on March 19, 2007, also runs through the province .

population

A large part of the population speaks the Azerbaijani language as their mother tongue. As in all of Iran, Persian is the official national and educational language and is spoken at least as a second language by almost the entire provincial population. Kurds and Armenians are significant minorities. Bilingualism is widespread.

Population development

Census year	population
1986	3,077,882
1996	3,325,540
2006	3,603,456
2011	3,724,620
2016	3,909,652

The biggest cities

The Saheb-al-Amr Mosque, Tabriz

(VZ = census)

rank	city	Residents (VZ 2006)
1.	Tabriz	1,398,060
2.	Maragha	149.929
3.	Marand	114,841
4th	Mianeh	89,796
5.	Ahar	86,760
6th	Benab	76,610
7th	Sarab	42,335
8th.	Azarshahr	36,801
9.	Hadishahr	28,555
10.	Ajabheer	26,847
11.	Sardrud	24,932
12.	Malekan	24,680

Administrative division

Tabriz Town Hall

The province has seen a steady increase in the number of Schahrestans (administrative districts) in recent decades . Most recently, the 23rd district was created in 2010 with the separation of Khoda Afarin from Kaleybar.

Card (1986)	Map (2010)

Colleges

• Sahand University of Technology
• Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
• Tabriz University of Tarbiat Moallem
• University of Tabriz
• Islamic Azad University of Bonab
• Islamic Azad University of Tabriz
• Islamic Azad University of Shabestar
• Islamic Azad University of Maragheh
• Islamic Azad University of Miyaneh
• Tabriz Islamic Arts University
• Azarbaijan University of Tarbiat Moallem, Azarschahr
• University College of Nabi Akram

See also

• Azerbaijan (Iran)

Web links

Commons : East Azerbaijan  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ City Population: Iran - Cities and Provinces .
2. ↑ Official information from the Iranian education authority on the province of East Azerbaijan: Archived copy ( memento of the original from June 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.