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Minjavan District (Persian: بخش منجوان) is a district (bakhsh) in Khoda Afarin County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. The District has no cities and its capital is Asheqlu village. The District has three rural districts (dehestan): Dizmar-e Sharqi Rural District, Minjavan-e Gharbi Rural District, and Minjavan-e Sharqi Rural District.
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Population
The online edition of the Dehkhoda Dictionary, quoting Iranian Army files, reports a population of 8464 people in late 1940s. At that time Janan Lu, Asheqlu, Dash Bashi, and Setan were the most important villages of the district. At the 2006 census, its population was 12,993, in 2,948 families. A recent statistics, conducted in 2012, reports the population as 12524 people, who live in 79 villages. Moreover, there are 22 villages which are no more populated.
History
The only noteworthy allusion to the district in official records relates to an appeal by the inhabitants of the district to the interior minister of Iran, requesting protection from the abuses by Mohammad Khanlu family.'.
The district was formed in December 2010 by the approval of Iranian government.