Sharafkhaneh

Sharafkhaneh

شرفخانه
Sharafkhaneh شرفخانه
city
	Sunset in drying Urmia Lake at Sharafkhaneh shore line.
	Sharafkhaneh
	Coordinates: 38°10′18″N 45°28′55″E / 38.17167°N 45.48194°E
Country	Iran
Province	East Azerbaijan
County	Shabestar
Bakhsh	Central
Population (2011)
• Total	3,585
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

Sharafkhaneh (Persian: شرفخانه; also Romanized as Sharafkhāneh, Sharifkhane, Sharifkhaneh, and Sheraf-Khane; also known as Bandar-e Sharafkhāneh)^[1] is a city in the Central District of Shabestar County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. Sharafkhaneh is situated on Lake Urmia. At the 2011 census, its population was 3,585, in 1,133 families.^[2]

Sharafkhaneh is a gardening city, and used to have an active tourism industry before Lake Urmia began to dry up.

References

^ Sharafkhaneh can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3084556" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Islamic Republic of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 2016-10-06.

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[1] Sharafkhaneh can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3084556" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".

[2] "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Islamic Republic of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 2016-10-06.

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