Miandoab
city in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
Miandoab (Persian: مياندوآب) is a city in the Central District of Miandoab County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.
Demographics
Language and ethnicity
Miandoab is largely populated by Azerbaijanis, but also populated by Kurds.
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 112,933 in 29,207 households. The following census in 2011 counted 123,081 people in 35,066 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 134,425 people in 41,459 households.
History
Battle of Miandoab
In 1921, Miandoab was the site of a significant battle during the Kurdish uprising led by Simko Shikak. His forces, numbering several thousand and reinforced by Turkish Kurds, defeated Iranian government troops and took control of the city. The battle marked the height of Simko's power during his revolt in northwestern Iran.
Geography
The city of Miandoab is on the Zarriné-Rūd river and located in the center of the plain that slopes down to Lake Urmia. It is 1,314 metres (4,311 ft) above the sea level, at 46°6′E latitude and 36°58′N longitude.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Miandoab” as city in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as city in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q605033. Authority coordinates are 36.967, 46.110. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2006, 2011, 2016 and 1921.
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