The Central District of Maragheh County ( fa, بخش مرکزی شهرستان مراغه) is a district (
bakhsh
A ( fa, بخش, also romanized as ) is a third-level administrative division of Iran. While sometimes translated as "county," it is more accurately translated as "district," similar to a township in the United States or a district of En ...
) in
Maragheh County
Maragheh County ( fa, شهرستان مراغه) is located in East Azerbaijan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Maragheh
Maragheh ( fa, مراغه, Marāgheh or ''Marāgha''; az, ماراغا ) is a city and capital of Maragheh C ...
,
East Azerbaijan Province
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, ...
,
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 ...
. At the 2006 census, its population was 205,137, in 53,098 families.
The District has one city:
Maragheh
Maragheh ( fa, مراغه, Marāgheh or ''Marāgha''; az, ماراغا ) is a city and capital of Maragheh County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. Maragheh is on the bank of the river Sufi Chay. The population consists mostly of Iranian Azerb ...
. The District has three
rural district
Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of the Ad ...
s (''dehestan''):
Qareh Naz Rural District,
Sarajuy-ye Gharbi Rural District
Sarajuy-ye Gharbi Rural District ( fa, دهستان سراجوئ غربي) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in the Central District of Maragheh County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, ...
, and
Sarajuy-ye Shomali Rural District.
References
Maragheh County
Districts of East Azerbaijan Province
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