Leylan

Leylan (Persian: ليلان; also Romanized as Leylān, Lailān, and Laylān)[3] is a city in Leylan District of Malekan County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran.

For the administrative division, see Leylan District. For other places with the same name, see Leylan.

Leylan
Persian: ليلان
City
Leylan is located in Iran
Leylan
Leylan
Coordinates: 37°00′41″N 46°12′24″E[1]
Country Iran
ProvinceEast Azerbaijan
CountyMalekan
DistrictLeylan
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total6,356
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

At the 2006 census, its population was 6,079 in 1,468 households.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 6,175 people in 1,858 households.[5] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 6,356 people in 1,943 households.[2]

The ancient Iranian town of Ganzak is identified as being near Leylan in the Miandoab plain.[6][7] Ganzak was built by the Achaemenids, and was the seat of the satrap of Media.

References
  1. OpenStreetMap contributors (4 April 2023). "Leylan, Malekan County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  2. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 03. Archived from the original (Excel) on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. Leylan can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3073103" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  4. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 03. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  5. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)" (Excel). Iran Data Portal (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 03. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  6. M. Boyce, Ganzak, in Encyclopaedia Iranica, vol. 10, 2001.
  7. Christensen, Peter (1993). The Decline of Iranshahr. Museum Tusculanum Press. pp. 323–324, note 10. ISBN 978-87-7289-259-7. Retrieved 23 July 2008.
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