Sufian is a city in and the capital of Sufian District

Sufian District

Sufian District is a district in Shabestar County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 38,767, in 10,043 families. The District has one city: Sufian....

, in Shabestar County

Shabestar County

Shabestar County is a county in East Azerbaijan Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Shabestar. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 121,787, in 33,255 families. The county is subdivided into three districts: the Central District, Tasuj District, and Sufian 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...

. At the 2006 census, its population was 8,733, in 2,427 families. There is a major cement factory operated by the Sufian Cement Company to the southeast of the city. The city has at least 5 mosques, 4 of them in close proximity in the city centre.