Baktash District
Persian: بخش بکتاش
District
Baktash District is located in Iran
Baktash District
Baktash District
Coordinates: 37°03′30″N 46°01′54″E / 37.05833°N 46.03167°E / 37.05833; 46.03167[1]
Country Iran
ProvinceWest Azerbaijan
CountyMiandoab
CapitalBagtash
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Baktash District (Persian: بخش بکتاش) is in Miandoab County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Bagtash,[2] whose population at the 2016 National Census was 3,523 people in 1,065 households.[3]

In May 2020, Zarrineh Rud Rural District was separated from the Central District in the establishment of Baktash District, which was divided into two rural districts.[2] In February 2021, the village of Bagtash was elevated to the status of a city.

Baktash District
Administrative Divisions
Mozaffarabad RD
Zarrineh Rud RD
Bagtash (city)1
RD: Rural District
1Became a city after the 2016 census

References

  1. ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (7 March 2023). "Baktash District (Miandoab County)" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  2. 1 2 Jahangiri, Ishaq (20 May 2020). "Approval letter regarding country divisions in West Azarbaijan province". RRK (in Persian). Council of Ministers. Archived from the original on 24 May 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 04. Archived from the original (Excel) on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
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