Bileh Savar County ( fa, شهرستان بیلهسوار; az, Biləsuvar) is located in
Ardabil
Ardabil (, fa, اردبیل, Ardabīl or ''Ardebīl'') is a city in northwestern Iran, and the capital of Ardabil Province. As of the 2022 census, Ardabil's population was 588,000. The dominant majority in the city are ethnic Iranian Azerbaija ...
province,
Iran
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. The capital of the county is
Bileh Savar. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 54,471, in 11,700 households.
[ Retrieved 9 November 2022] The following census in 2011 counted 53,768 people, in 14,019 households.
At the 2016 census, the county's population was 51,404, in 15,114 households.
The county also contains a
border crossing
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between
Azerbaijan
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and
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 ...
. According to the
Tehran Times
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border crossings increased through 2019 and are primarily related to exchanges with the predominantly Azerbaijani city of
Ardabil
Ardabil (, fa, اردبیل, Ardabīl or ''Ardebīl'') is a city in northwestern Iran, and the capital of Ardabil Province. As of the 2022 census, Ardabil's population was 588,000. The dominant majority in the city are ethnic Iranian Azerbaija ...
in
Ardabil Province.
Administrative divisions
References
Counties of Ardabil Province
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