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East Azerbaijan
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Yamchi
Yamchi ( fa, يامچي; also Romanized as Yāmchī) is a city in and the capital of Yamchi District, in Marand County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
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Zolbin
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Markid ( fa, مركيد, also
Romanize
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d as Markīd; also known as Marchit, Margīd, Margīeh, Margīt, Markīt, and Morkīt)
is a village in
Zolbin Rural District
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of
Yamchi District,
Marand County,
East 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 National Census, its population was 2,735 in 701 households.
The following census in 2011 counted 2,987 people in 888 households.
The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 3,104 people in 954 households; it was the largest village in its rural district.
Etymology
According to
Vladimir Minorsky
Vladimir Fyodorovich Minorsky (russian: Владимир Фёдорович Минорский; – March 25, 1966) was a Russian Orientalist best known for his contributions to the study of Persian, Lurish and Kurdish history, geography, ...
, the name "Margid" is derived from the historical Mongol tribe of
Merkit.
References
Marand County
Populated places in Marand County
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