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Silvaneh District

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Silvaneh District

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Silvaneh District (Persian: بخش سیلوانه‎‎) is one of the five districts (bakhsh) in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. It is west of Lake Urmia, and lies between the city of Urmia and the Turkish border. Its administrative center is the city of Silvaneh. At the 2006 census, its population was 52,752, in 9,140 families. The District has one city: Silvaneh. The District has three rural districts (dehestan): Dasht Rural District, Margavar Rural District, and Targavar Rural District.

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The population of the district is Kurdish and Assyrian.

Borders

Silvaneh District is bordered:

  • on the north by Sumay Baradust District of Urmia County
  • on the east by the Central District of Urmia County
  • on the south by Oshnavieh County
  • on the west by Turkey
  • References

    Silvaneh District Wikipedia