Leylan ( fa, ليلان; also
Romanize
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d as Leylān, Lailān, and Laylān) is a city and capital of
Leylan District Leylan District ( fa, بخش لیلان) is a district (bakhsh) in Malekan County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 23,234, in 5,341 families. The District has one city: Leylan. The District has two rural distr ...
, in
Malekan County
Malekan County ( fa, شهرستان ملکان) is located in East Azerbaijan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Malekan
Malekan (Romanized as Malekān; formerly, Malik Kandi (ترکی آذربایجانی: مَلِك كَندی ...
,
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 6,079, in 1,468 families.
The ancient Iranian town of
Ganzak
Ganzak (Persian: گنزک ''Ganzak'', Greek: ''Γάζακα'' ''Gazaka'', Latin: ''Gaza'', ''Gazaca'', ''Ganzaga'', Arabic: ''Janza'', ''Jaznaq'', Armenian: Գանձակ Gandzak), is an ancient town founded in northwestern Iran. The city stood some ...
is identified as being near Leylan in the
Miandoab
Miandoab ( fa, مياندوآب) is a city and capital of Miandoab County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2012 census, its population was 135,880, in 38,704 families.
Demographics
Miandoab is largely populated by Azerbaijanis. Geography ...
plain.
[M. Boyce]
Ganzak
in Encyclopaedia Iranica
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, vol. 10, 2001.
Ganzak was built by the Achaemenids, and was the seat of the satrap of
Media
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Communication
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.
References
Populated places in Malekan County
Cities in East Azerbaijan Province
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