Balakan, West Azerbaijan

Balakan
Balakan; بالكان
	village
	Balakan
	Coordinates: 37°55′34″N44°28′33″E / 37.92611°N 44.47583°E Coordinates: 37°55′34″N44°28′33″E / 37.92611°N 44.47583°E
Country	Iran
Province	West Azerbaijan
County	Salmas
Bakhsh	Kuhsar
Rural District	Shepiran
Population (2006)
• Total	222
Time zone	IRST (UTC+3:30)
• Summer (DST)	IRDT (UTC+4:30)

Last updated March 12, 2019

Balakan (Persian : بالكان‎, also Romanized as Bālakān)^[1] is a village in Shepiran Rural District, Kuhsar District, Salmas County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 222, in 32 families.^[2]

Persian, also known by its endonym Farsi, is one of the Western Iranian languages within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and some other regions which historically were Persianate societies and considered part of Greater Iran. It is written right to left in the Persian alphabet, a modified variant of the Arabic script.

Shepiran Rural District is a rural district (dehestan) in Kuhsar District, Salmas County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 10,052, in 1,625 families. The rural district has 17 villages.

Kuhsar District is a district (bakhsh) in Salmas County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 30,452, in 5,324 families. The District has no cities. The District has three rural districts (dehestan): Chahriq Rural District, Shenetal Rural District, and Shepiran Rural District.

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References

↑ Balakan can be found at GEOnet Names Server , at this link , by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3807248" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". Islamic Republic of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 2011-11-11.

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[1] Balakan can be found at GEOnet Names Server , at this link , by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3807248" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".

[2] "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". Islamic Republic of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 2011-11-11.