Ahar County ( fa, شهرستان اهر) is located in

East Azerbaijan East Azerbaijan Province ( fa, استان آذربایجان شرقی ''Āzarbāijān-e Sharqi''; az-Arab, شرقی آذربایجان اوستانی) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is located in Iranian Azerbaijan, bordering Armenia ...

province,

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

. The capital of the county is

Ahar Ahar ( fa, italic=yes, اهر, az, اهر) is a city and capital of Ahar County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. According to the 2016 census, Ahar was the fourth most populated city of the province with a population of 100,641 in 20,844 fam ...

.Gitashenasi Province Atlas of Iran
اطلس گیتاشناسی استان‌های ایران
At the 2006 census, the county's population (including those portions of the county later split off to form Hurand County) was 147,781, in 34,067 households. Retrieved 2 November 2022 The following census in 2011 counted 150,111 people, in 39,715 households. At the 2016 census, the county's population was 154,530, in 46,202 households.

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