West Azerbaijan province
Province of Iran
West Azerbaijan province
West Azerbaijan province (Persian: استان آذربایجان غربی) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, whose capital and largest city is Urmia. Following Urmia, the cities of Khoy, Bukan, Mahabad, and Miandoab are the province's largest cities, ranked in descending order of population. The cities of Salmas, Piranshahr and Naghadeh are considered medium-sized cities of the province. It is in the northwest of the country, bordered by Turkey (Ağrı, Hakkâri, Iğdır and Van Provinces), Iraq (Erbil and Sulaymaniyah Governorates) and Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, as well as the Iranian provinces of East Azerbaijan, Zanjan, and Kurdistan. West Azerbaijan province is part of Region 3. It forms parts of the areas unofficially known as Iranian Azerbaijan and Iranian Kurdistan. It is separated from Armenia by Turkey's short border with the Azerbaijan Republic. The province covers an area of 39,487 km2, or 43,660 km2 including Lake Urmia.
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