Charuymaq County ( fa, شهرستان چاراویماق) is 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
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. The capital of the county is the city of
Qarah Aghaj. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 33,921 in 6,396 households.
The following census in 2011 counted 32,745 people in 8,202 households.
At the 2016 census, the county's population was 31,071 in 9,016 households.
Etymology
According to
Vladimir Minorsky
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, the name ''Chār-oymāq'' means "the four tribes" (from the
Mongolian word ''aymaq'', meaning "tribe").
Until the mid-20th century, the Charuymaq district was known as Oryād or Uryād, after the
Oirats
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Histor ...
, a Mongol tribe.
According to the ''Ālam-ārā'', a tribe known as Uryād historically lived among (but was separate from) the
Mukri
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Born as Muhammad Umar Mukri in Uran, in Kokani Muslim Family. He started his film career with th ...
Kurds.
Administrative divisions
The population history of Charuymaq County's administrative divisions over three consecutive censuses is shown in the following table. The latest census shows two districts, six rural districts, and one city.
References
Counties of East Azerbaijan Province
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