Badalabad

Badalabad
Persian: بدل اباد
Village
Badalabad
Coordinates: 38°34′16″N 44°55′33″E / 38.57111°N 44.92583°E / 38.57111; 44.92583[1][2]
CountryIran
ProvinceWest Azerbaijan
CountyKhoy
DistrictCentral
Rural DistrictDizaj
Population
 (2016)[3]
 • Total
9,256
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Badalabad (Persian: بدل اباد)[a] is a village in Dizaj Rural District[5] of the Central District in Khoy County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 6,725 in 1,503 households.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 8,491 people in 2,203 households.[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 9,256 people in 2,581 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.[3]

In literature

The 14th-century author Hamdallah Mustawfi mentioned it in his Nuzhat al-Qulub, as Badhalābād, as one of the "best-known" villages in the Khoy district.[8]

See also

Iran portal

Notes

  1. ^ Also romanized as Badalābād[4]

References

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (25 September 2024). "ربط, دهستان دیزج, بخش مرکزی [Rabat, Dizaj Rural District, Central District], Khoy County, West Azerbaijan Province, 58139-68197, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  2. ^ "HWCG+C8W Badalabad, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  3. ^ a b سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان آذربایجان غربی [General Population and Housing Census 2016: West Azerbaijan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. ^ Badalabad can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "9035961" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  5. ^ Mousavi, Mir-Hossein (22 April 1987) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1366/02/02 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ایجاد و تشکیل تعداد 12 دهستان شامل روستاها، مزارع و مکانهای واقع در شهرستان خوی تابعه استان آذربایجان غربی [‌Establishment and formation of 12 rural districts including villages, farms and places located in Khoy County, West Azerbaijan province]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شناسه [ID] 225318FD-4A06-4814-BC42-D402AE1BE7AD. شماره دوره [Course number] 66, شماره جلد [Volume number] 4. Archived from the original on 3 October 2025. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  6. ^ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان آذربایجان غربی [General Population and Housing Census 2006: West Azerbaijan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  7. ^ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان آذربایجان غربی [General Population and Housing Census 2011: West Azerbaijan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  8. ^ Hamdallah Mustawfi (1919). Le Strange, Guy (ed.). The Geographical Part of the Nuzhat-al-Qulub. p. 87. Retrieved 10 October 2022.