Shahindej
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Shahin Dezh is a city in and the capital of Shahin Dezh County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
. At the 2006 census, its population was 34,204, in 8,671 families.
Shahin Dezh is located southeast of Lake Urmia
about 1,300 metres above sea level. The population is Azeri Turks and Kurdish
and chahardoli
.
The city is mostly populated by Turks up to 60%, while some Kurdish villages can be found south and east of the city.
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
. At the 2006 census, its population was 34,204, in 8,671 families.
Shahin Dezh is located southeast of Lake Urmia
Lake Urmia
Lake Urmia , ancient name: Lake Matiene) is a salt lake in northwestern Iran, near Iran's border with Turkey. The lake is between the Iranian provinces of East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan, west of the southern portion of the similarly shaped Caspian Sea...
about 1,300 metres above sea level. The population is Azeri Turks and Kurdish
Kurdish people
The Kurdish people, or Kurds , are an Iranian people native to the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region known as Kurdistan, which includes adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey...
and chahardoli
Laki language
Laki is a Northwestern Iranian language. Although it is usually grouped with Southern Kurdish dialects, Ethnologue classifies it as a fourth subgroup of Kurdish....
.
The city is mostly populated by Turks up to 60%, while some Kurdish villages can be found south and east of the city.