Tazeh Shahr
Persian: تازه شهر | |
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City | |
Coordinates: 38°10′33″N 44°41′33″E / 38.17583°N 44.69250°E [1] | |
Country | Iran |
Province | West Azerbaijan |
County | Salmas |
District | Central |
Population (2016)
[2] | |
• Total | 8,629 |
Time zone | UTC+3:30 ( IRST) |
Tazeh Shahr ( Persian: تازه شهر and Azerbaijani: Təzəşəhər; in Armenian: Սաղամաս or Քեօհնաշեհիր or Հին Քաղաք), also Romanized as Tāzeh Shahr; formerly, Kuhnen Shahr, [3] is a city in the Central District of Salmas County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.
At the 2006 census, its population was 8,216 in 1,783 households. [4] The following census in 2011 counted 8,864 people in 2,255 households. [5] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 8,629 people in 2,385 households. [2] The city is populated by Azerbaijanis. [6]
The city sustained damage in the 1930 Salmas earthquake.