Leylan ( fa, ليلان; also

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d as Leylān, Lailān, and Laylān) is a city and capital of Leylan District, in Malekan County,

East Azerbaijan Province East Azerbaijan Province ( fa, استان آذربایجان شرقی ''Āzarbāijān-e Sharqi''; az-Arab, شرقی آذربایجان اوستانی) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is located in Iranian Azerbaijan, bordering Armeni ...

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. At the 2006 census, its population was 6,079, in 1,468 families. The ancient Iranian town of

Ganzak Ganzak ( Persian: گنزک ''Ganzak'', Greek: ''Γάζακα'' ''Gazaka'', Latin: ''Gaza'', ''Gazaca'', ''Ganzaga'', Arabic: ''Janza'', ''Jaznaq'', Armenian: Գանձակ Gandzak), is an ancient town founded in northwestern Iran. The city stood so ...

is identified as being near Leylan in the Miandoab plain.M. Boyce
Ganzak
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, vol. 10, 2001. Ganzak was built by the Achaemenids, and was the seat of the satrap of

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Populated places in Malekan County Cities in East Azerbaijan Province {{Malekan-geo-stub