Baran Duz ( fa, باراندوز, also

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d as Bārān Dūz and Bārāndūz) is a village in

Baranduz Rural District Baranduz Rural District ( fa, دهستان باراندوز) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in the Central District of Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also call ...

, in the Central District of

Urmia County Urmia County ( fa, شهرستان ارومیه) is located in West Azerbaijan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Urmia Urmia or Orumiyeh ( fa, ارومیه, Variously transliterated as ''Oroumieh'', ''Oroumiyeh'', ''Orūmīyeh'' ...

, West Azerbaijan Province,

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. At the 2006 census, its population was 834, in 224 families. Duz (also spelled Diz, Dez, or Dezh) means

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Populated places in Urmia County {{Urmia-geo-stub