Dowkana

Dowkana
Dowkana; دوكانا
	village
	Dowkana
	Coordinates: 37°17′33″N44°53′13″E / 37.29250°N 44.88694°E Coordinates: 37°17′33″N44°53′13″E / 37.29250°N 44.88694°E
Country	Iran
Province	West Azerbaijan
County	Urmia
Bakhsh	Silvaneh
Rural District	Margavar
Population (2006)
• Total	268
Time zone	IRST (UTC+3:30)
• Summer (DST)	IRDT (UTC+4:30)

Last updated March 25, 2019

Dowkana (Persian : دوكانا‎, also Romanized as Dowkānā; also known as Dokāneh)^[1] is a village in Margavar Rural District, Silvaneh District, Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 268, in 58 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.

Margavar Rural District is a rural district (dehestan) in Silvaneh District, Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 34,862, in 6,012 families. The rural district has 53 villages.

Silvaneh District 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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References

↑ Dowkana can be found at GEOnet Names Server , at this link , by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3807410" 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] Dowkana can be found at GEOnet Names Server , at this link , by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3807410" 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.