City in West Azerbaijan province, Iran
For the administrative division of West Azerbaijan province, see
Poldasht County . For the city in Tehran province, see
Pakdasht .
City in West Azerbaijan, Iran
Aras River in Poldasht border region.
Poldasht (Persian : پلدشت )[a] is a city in the Central District of Poldasht County in Iran 's West Azerbaijan province, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[4]
At the 2006 census, the city population was 8,584 residents in 2,205 households, when it was in the former Poldasht District of Maku County .[5] The following census in 2011 counted 9,963 people in 2,658 households,[6] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Poldasht County.[4] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 11,472 people in 3,377 households.[2] The city lies on the western bank of the Aras River .
Poldasht is a Persian word meaning arable land by the bridge . The city is situated near the border crossing with the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan . Across the Poldasht-Shah Takhti Bridge over the Aras is the Azerbaijani village of Şahtaxtı . It is one of the two Iran-Nakhchivan border crossings; the other is located near the city of Jolfa in East Azerbaijan Province . Also adjacent to Poldasht is the Aras River Dam .
Notes
^ Also romanized as Pol Dasht , Pol’desht , and Pol-e Dasht ; also known as Araplar and Pul Dasht ; and Azerbaijani : Daş Körpü [3]
References
^ OpenStreetMap contributors (15 February 2024). "Poldasht, Poldasht County" (Map). OpenStreetMap . Retrieved 15 February 2024 .
^ a b "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 .
^ Poldasht can be found at GEOnet Names Server , at this link , by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3078448" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
^ a b Davodi, Parviz (18 September 1386). "Approval letter regarding reforms of country divisions in West Azerbaijan province" . Islamic Parliament Research Center (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Political-Defense Commmission. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2023 .
^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" . AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 04. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022 .
^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)" . Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 04. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022 .