Leylan

Leylan

ليلان
Leylan ليلان
City
	Leylan
	Coordinates: 37°00′48″N 46°12′19″E / 37.01333°N 46.20528°E
Country	Iran
Province	East Azerbaijan
County	Malekan
Bakhsh	Leylan
Population (2016 Census)
• Total	6,356
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

Leylan (Persian: ليلان; also Romanized as Leylān, Lailān, and Laylān)^[2] is a city and capital of Leylan District, in Malekan County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 6,079, in 1,468 families.^[3]

The ancient Iranian town of Ganzak is identified as being near Leylan in the Miandoab plain.^[4]^[5] Ganzak was built by the Achaemenids, and was the seat of the satrap of Media.

References

^ "Statistical Center of Iran > Home".
^ 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".
^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-09-20.
^ M. Boyce, Ganzak, in Encyclopaedia Iranica, vol. 10, 2001.
^ Christensen, Peter (1993). The Decline of Iranshahr. Museum Tusculanum Press. pp. 323–324, note 10. ISBN 978-87-7289-259-7. Retrieved 23 Jul 2008.

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[1] "Statistical Center of Iran > Home".

[2] 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".

[3] "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-09-20.

[EI-4] M. Boyce, Ganzak, in Encyclopaedia Iranica, vol. 10, 2001.

[5] Christensen, Peter (1993). The Decline of Iranshahr. Museum Tusculanum Press. pp. 323–324, note 10. ISBN 978-87-7289-259-7. Retrieved 23 Jul 2008.

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