Silvaneh District ( fa, بخش سیلوانه) is one of the five districts (
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
Urmia County
Urmia County ( fa, شهرستان ارومیه) is located in 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 a ...
,
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 ...
. It is west of
Lake Urmia
Lake Urmia;
az, اۇرمۇ گؤلۆ, script=Arab, italic=no, Urmu gölü;
ku, گۆلائوو رمیەیێ, Gola Ûrmiyeyê;
hy, Ուրմիա լիճ, Urmia lich;
arc, ܝܡܬܐ ܕܐܘܪܡܝܐ is an endorheic salt lake in Iran. The lake is l ...
, and lies between the city of
Urmia
Urmia or Orumiyeh ( fa, ارومیه, Variously transliterated as ''Oroumieh'', ''Oroumiyeh'', ''Orūmīyeh'' and ''Urūmiyeh''.) is the largest city in West Azerbaijan Province of Iran and the capital of Urmia County. It is situated at an al ...
and the
Turkish border. Its administrative center is the city of
Silvaneh. At the 2006 census, its population was 52,752, in 9,140 families.
The District has one city:
Silvaneh. The District has three
rural districts (''dehestan''):
Dasht Rural District,
Margavar Rural District
Margavar Rural District ( fa, دهستان مرگور, ku, Mirgewer) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in Silvaneh District, Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 34,862, in 6,012 families. The ru ...
, and
Targavar Rural District.
Borders
Silvaneh District is bordered:
* on the north by
Sumay Baradust District of Urmia County
* on the east by the
Central District of Urmia County
* on the south by
Oshnavieh County
Oshnavieh County ( fa, شهرستان اشنویه; Kurdish: 'اشنۆ'شنۆ'شنه) is located in West Azerbaijan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Oshnavieh. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 63,798, in 12,998 ho ...
* on the west by
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...
References
External links
Urmia County
Districts of West Azerbaijan Province
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