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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 ...

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Province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...

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County A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...

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IRST An infrared search and track (IRST) system (sometimes known as infrared sighting and tracking) is a method for detecting and tracking objects which give off infrared radiation, such as the infrared signatures of jet aircraft and helicopters. IR ...

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d as Bārūq, is a city in the Central District of

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, serving as capital of both the county and the district. At the 2006 census, its population was 3,874 in 913 households, when it was in the former

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Miandoab County Miandoab County ( fa, شهرستان میاندوآب) is in West Azerbaijan province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Miandoab. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 245,153 in 59,998 households. The following census ...

. The following census in 2011 counted 4,118 people in 1,142 households. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 4,225 people in 1,345 households. In July 2021, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Baruq County, which was divided into two districts of two rural districts each, with Baruq as its capital and only city.

Etymology

According to

Vladimir Minorsky Vladimir Fyodorovich Minorsky (russian: Владимир Фёдорович Минорский; – March 25, 1966) was a Russian Orientalist best known for his contributions to the study of Persian, Lurish and Kurdish history, geography, ...

, the name "Baruq" is derived from the Mongolian word ''barugh'' meaning "large, ample".

References

Cities in West Azerbaijan Province Populated places in Baruq County {{WestAzerbaijan-geo-stub