Malekan (Persian: ملکان)[a] is a city in the Central District of Malekan County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[4]
Malekan Persian: ملكان | |
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City | |
  Malekan | |
| Coordinates: 37°09′00″N 46°06′15″E / 37.15000°N 46.10417°E[1] | |
| Country | Iran |
| Province | East Azerbaijan |
| County | Malekan |
| District | Central |
| Population (2016)[2] | |
| • Total | 27,431 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
At the 2006 census, its population was 23,989 in 6,356 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 25,312 people in 7,284 households.[6] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 27,431 people in 8,467 households.[2]
Notable people
- Shahruz Afkhami (born 1962), politician
- Amin Esmaeilnezhad (born 1996), volleyball player
- Salman Khodadadi (born 1962), politician
- Hossein Ronaghi Maleki (born 1985), human rights activist and blogger
- Younes Sarmasti (born 1994), freestyle wrestler
