Duzduzan
Duzduzan
Persian: دوزدوزان | |
|---|---|
City | |
Duzduzan | |
| Coordinates: 37°56′57″N 47°07′14″E / 37.94917°N 47.12056°E[1][2] | |
| Country | Iran |
| Province | East Azerbaijan |
| County | Sarab |
| District | Mehraban |
| Established as a city | 2000[3] |
| Elevation | 1,687 m (5,535 ft) |
| Population (2016)[4] | |
• Total | 3,627 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
| Postal code | 54911 |
| Calling code | 0432722 |
| Website | www |
Duzduzan (Persian: دوزدوزان)[a] is a city in Mehraban District of Sarab County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 3,557 in 664 households.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 3,815 people in 897 households.[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 3,627 people in 1,065 households.[4] The village of Duzduzan was converted to a city in 2000.[3]
Geography
Duzduzan is located in the mountains of Arasbaran in north-western Iran on the highway between Ardabil and Tabriz. Although not on the river it is within the drainage basin of the Aji Chay. Because of its high elevation it has a climate that is generally cold and rainy. The city is 15 km by road east of the village of Kurdkandi and 32 km by road east of Bostanabad. Duzduzan is 37 km by road west of the city of Sarab, the county seat.
Earthquakes
The area is earthquake-prone as it lies on the Duzduzan Fault, in the North Tabriz fault system,[8][9] just north of the plate boundary where the Arabian Plate is pushing against the Eurasian Plate. The town was heavily shaken in:[9]
- 1721 by the Shebli earthquake (7.3 Mw )
- 1780 by the Tabriz earthquake (7.4 Mw )
- 1786 by the Marand-Mishu earthquake (6.3 Mw )
- 1807 by a quake on the Tasujreverse fault (5.5 Mw )
- 1879 by the Bozqush earthquake on the South Bozqush Fault (6.7 Mw )
See also
Notes
References
- ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (5 September 2024). "Duzduzan, دهستان شربیان, بخش مهربان [Sharabian Rural District, Mehraban District], Sarab County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ "W4XC+M67 Duzduzan, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
- ^ a b Habibi, Hassan (31 May 2000) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1379/03/11 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تبدیل روستای دوزدوزان در استان آذربایجان شرقی به شهر دوزدوزان [Transforming the village of Duzduzan in East Azerbaijan province into the city of Duzduzan]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. شناسه [ID] A897F5E6-07CD-4086-AD4A-9A447372B31A. شماره دوره [Course number] 79. Archived from the original on 23 September 2025. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
- ^ a b سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان آذربایجان شرقی [General Population and Housing Census 2016: East Azerbaijan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ Duzduzan can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3061898" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
- ^ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان آذربایجان شرقی [General Population and Housing Census 2006: East Azerbaijan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان آذربایجان شرقی [General Population and Housing Census 2011: East Azerbaijan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ Azad, Solaymani (2009). Seismic Hazard Assessment for Tehran, Tabriz and Zandjan Cities (Nw Iran) Based on Morphotectonics And Paleoseismology (PDF). Doctoral dissertation (in French). Montpellier, France: Montpellier 2 University. p. 61, figure 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 January 2013.
- ^ a b Berberian, Manuel; Yeats, Robert S. (1999). "Patterns of historical earthquake rupture in the Iranian Plateau" (PDF). Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 89 (1): 120–139. Bibcode:1999BuSSA..89..120B. doi:10.1785/BSSA0890010120. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2013.