West Azarbaijan Province facts for kids
This article is about province in Iran. For other uses, see Azarbaijan (disambiguation).
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West Azerbaijan Province
استان آذربایجان غربی
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Location of West Azerbaijan within Iran
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| Country |  Iran |
| Capital | Urmia |
| Counties | 17 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 37,437 km2 (14,455 sq mi) |
| Population
(2005)
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| • Total | 2,949,426 |
| • Density | 78.7837/km2 (204.0489/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+03:30 (IRST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+04:30 (IRST) |
| Main language(s) | Persian (official) local languages: Azerbaijani Kurdish Armenian Assyrian . |
West Azarbaijan (also spelled West Azerbaijan) is one of the 31 provinces in Iran. Its official name in Persian is Āzarbāijān-e Gharbī. People also call it Azerbaycanî Rojawa in Kurdish and Qərbi Azərbaycan in Azeri.
This province covers a large area of about 39,487 square kilometers (15,246 square miles). If you include the famous Lake Urmia, the area becomes even bigger, around 43,660 square kilometers (16,857 square miles). The main city and capital of West Azarbaijan is Urmia.
Images for kids
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The region of the modern province as Matiene, as opposed to Atropatene to the east
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See also
In Spanish: Provincia de Azerbaiyán Occidental para niños
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