Bonab is a city in and the capital of Bonab County

Bonab County

Bonab is a county in East Azerbaijan Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Bonab. The county is located on the east side of Lake Urmia. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 125,209, in 31,921 families. The county has one district: the Central District...

, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

. It is located west of Maragheh

Maragheh

Maragheh also Romanized as Marāgheh and Marāghen) is a city in and the capital of Maragheh County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 146,405, in 38,891 families....

 on the outwash plain above Lake Urmia

Lake Urmia

Lake Urmia , ancient name: Lake Matiene) is a salt lake in northwestern Iran, near Iran's border with Turkey. The lake is between the Iranian provinces of East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan, west of the southern portion of the similarly shaped Caspian Sea...

. The people speak Azerbaijani

Azerbaijani language

Azerbaijani or Azeri or Torki is a language belonging to the Turkic language family, spoken in southwestern Asia by the Azerbaijani people, primarily in Azerbaijan and northwestern Iran...

. At the 2006 census, its population was 75,332, in 19,922 families.

Colleges and universities

1. Bonab Higher Education Complex
   Bonab Higher Education Complex
   The Bonab University was previously a faculty of the University of Tabriz, Iran, and is now an independent academical complex located in Bonab. The institute has six technical departments - electrical engineering, computer engineering, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, optics engineering...
   
   http://www.bonabu.ac.ir
2. Islamic Azad University of Bonabhttp://www.bonabiau.ac.ir
3. Payame Noor University of Bonab

bicycle city of iran

in 1996 the bicycle competition is constructed with Mohammad Mirzadoost mayor of bonab in 1984-1988.

External links

• "Bonab, Iran", Falling Rain Genomics, Inc.
• "Bonab Map — Satellite Images of Bonab", Maplandia