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Bakhshayesh

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Also known as Bakhshāyesh

Bakhshayesh () is a city in the Central District of Heris County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran. As a village, it was the capital of Mehranrud-e Shomali Rural District until the rural district's merger with Zarnaq Rural District in 2000 to form Baruq Rural District (Heris County). The village of Bakhshayesh was converted to a city in 1996.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Bakhshayesh
Settlement.settlement_type
City
Settlement.pushpin_map
Iran
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Iran
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
East Azerbaijan
Settlement.subdivision_type2
County
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Heris
Settlement.subdivision_type3
District
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Central
Settlement.established_title
Established as a city
Settlement.established_date
1996
Settlement.population_as_of
2016
Settlement.population_total
6102
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.timezone
IRST
Settlement.utc_offset
+3:30

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • Demographics
  • Population
  • Notable people
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References

Bakhshayesh () is a city in the Central District of Heris County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran. As a village, it was the capital of Mehranrud-e Shomali Rural District until the rural district's merger with Zarnaq Rural District in 2000 to form Baruq Rural District (Heris County). The village of Bakhshayesh was converted to a city in 1996.

==Demographics== ===Population=== At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 5,752 in 1,386 households. The following census in 2011 counted 6,098 people in 1,677 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 6,102 people in 1,801 households.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bakhshayesh” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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