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 or West Azerbaijan (Persian: آذربایجان غربی Āzarbāijān-e Gharbī; Kurdish: Azerbaycanî Rojawa; Azeri: Qərbi Azərbaycan) is one of the 30 provinces of Iran.
The province of West Azarbaijan covers an area of 39,487 km² (or 43,660 km² including Lake Urmia). The capital city of the province 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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