Khalifan District ( fa, بخش خلیفان) 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

Mahabad County Mahabad County ( fa, شهرستان مهاباد) is in West Azerbaijan province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Mahabad Mahabad ( fa, مهاباد, ku, مەهاباد, translit=Mehabad), also Romanized as Mihābād and ...

, West Azerbaijan Province,

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 17,744, in 2,741 families. The District has no cities. The District has two

rural district Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of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''): Kani Bazar Rural District and Mangur-e Sharqi Rural District.

References

Mahabad County Districts of West Azerbaijan Province {{Mahabad-geo-stub