Tazeh Shahr ( fa, تازه شهر; az, Təzəşəhər; also

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d as Tāzeh Shahr; formerly, Kuhnen Shahr) is a city in the Central District of

Salmas County Salmas County ( fa, شهرستان سلماس) is located in West Azerbaijan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Salmas. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 180,708, in 40,298 households. Retrieved 2 November 2022 At the ...

, 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 ...

. At the 2006 census, its population was 8,216, in 1,783 families. The city is populated by

Azerbaijanis Azerbaijanis (; az, Azərbaycanlılar, ), Azeris ( az, Azərilər, ), or Azerbaijani Turks ( az, Azərbaycan Türkləri, ) are a Turkic people living mainly in northwestern Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan. They are the second-most numer ...

. The city sustained damage in the 1930 Salmas earthquake.

References

Populated places in Salmas County Cities in West Azerbaijan Province {{Salmas-geo-stub