Central District (Mahabad County)
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The Central District of Mahabad County is a district (bakhsh
) in Mahabad County
, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
. At the 2006 census, its population was 179,697, in 39,752 families. The District has one city: Mahabad
.
Bakhsh
A bakhsh is a type of administrative division of Iran. While sometimes translated as county, it is more accurately translated as district, as they are similar to a township in the United States or a district of England....
) in Mahabad County
Mahabad County
Mahabad County is a county in West Azerbaijan Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Mahabad. The language of the inhabitants is Sorani Kurd with the Mokriani dialect. Because of its strategic position and its proximity with the border the city is a stop for many travelers...
, West 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...
. At the 2006 census, its population was 179,697, in 39,752 families. The District has one city: Mahabad
Mahabad
-Culture:Muhammad Qazi translated more than 70 important literary works into Persian. Other writers and poets have hailed from Mahabad in the 19th and 20th century including Wafaei , Hejar , Hêmin , Abdorrahamn Zabihi and Giw Mukriyani...
.