Sokmanabad Rural District ( fa, دهستان سكمن آباد) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in

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Khoy County Khoy County ( fa, شهرستان خوی) is located in West Azerbaijan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Khoy. At the 2006 census, the county's population (including those portions of the county later split off to form Chaypareh Coun ...

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 (including Zurabad, which was subsequently detached from the rural district and promoted to city status), its population was 13,012, in 2,525 families; excluding Zurabad, its population (as of 2006) was 12,095, in 2,328 families. The rural district has 41 villages. The district is named after

Sökmen II Nāṣir al-Dīn Sökmen II (died 1185) was the '' Shāh-i Arman'', the ruler of the Turkmen principality centred on Ahlat, from 1128 until his death. He married Shāhbānū, daughter of ′Izz al-Dīn Saltuq II, ruler of the Saltukids of Erzurum. ...

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Rural Districts of West Azerbaijan Province Khoy County {{Khoy-geo-stub