Leylan

Leylan

ليلان
Leylan ليلان
City
	Leylan
	Coordinates: 37°00′48″N 46°12′19″E
Country	Iran
Province	East Azerbaijan
County	Malekan
Bakhsh	Leylan
Population (2016 Census)
• Total	6,356 [1]
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 2011-11-11.
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 2011-11-11.

[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.