Tazeh Shahr (Persian: تازه شهر)[a] historically known as Kuhnashahir,[5] is a city in the Central District of Salmas County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.
Tazeh Shahr
Persian: تازه شهر | |
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City | |
 Emamzadeh Ishaq Mausoleum in Tazeh Shahr | |
  Tazeh Shahr | |
| Coordinates: 38°10′33″N 44°41′33″E / 38.17583°N 44.69250°E[1][2] | |
| Country | Iran |
| Province | West Azerbaijan |
| County | Salmas |
| District | Central |
| Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 8,629 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
Demographics
editEthnicity
editThe city is populated by ethnic Azerbaijanis who follow Shia Islam.[6]
Population
editAt the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 8,216 in 1,783 households.[7] The following census in 2011 counted 8,864 people in 2,255 households.[8] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 8,629 people in 2,385 households.[3]
The city sustained damage in the 1930 Salmas earthquake.
See also
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Notes
edit- ↑ Also romanized as Tāzeh Shahr; formerly Kuhnen Shahr;[4] Azerbaijani: Təzəşəhər; Armenian: Սաղամաս, Քեօհնաշեհիր, or Հին Քաղաք
References
edit- ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (27 September 2024). "Patah Vir, دهستان زولاچای, بخش مرکزی [Zulachay Rural District, Central District], Salmas County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ↑ "5MGR+8XQ Tazehshahr, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
- 1 2 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان آذربایجان غربی [General Population and Housing Census 2016: West Azerbaijan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ↑ Tazeh Shahr at GEOnet Names Server
- ↑ Kia, Mehrdad (19 November 2023). The Clash of Empires and the Rise of Kurdish Proto-Nationalism, 1905–1926: Ismail Agha Simko and the Campaign for an Independent Kurdish State. Springer Nature. p. 59. ISBN 978-3-031-44973-4.
- ↑ "تازه شهر". Vajehyab (in Persian). Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان آذربایجان غربی [General Population and Housing Census 2006: West Azerbaijan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان آذربایجان غربی [General Population and Housing Census 2011: West Azerbaijan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
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