Maku County ( fa, شهرستان ماکو) is in
West Azerbaijan province,
Iran
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. The capital of the county is the city of
Maku. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 174,578 in 39,765 households.
[ Retrieved 2 November 2022] The following census in 2011 counted 88,863 people in 22,874 households, by which time Poldasht District and Showt District had been separated from the county to form
Poldasht County
Poldasht County ( fa, شهرستان پلدشت) is in West Azerbaijan province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Poldasht. At the 2006 census, the region's population (as Poldasht District of Maku County) was 38,586 in 8,758 ho ...
and
Showt County
Showt ( fa, شوط; also Romanized as Showţ; also known as Shoţ) is a city and capital of Showt County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
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, respectively.
At the 2016 census, Maku County's population was 94,751 in 27,009 households.
Administrative divisions
The population history and structural changes of Maku County's administrative divisions over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table. The latest census shows two districts, five rural districts, and two cities.
References
Counties of West Azerbaijan Province
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