Owltan

Owltan
Persian: اولتان
City
Owltan is located in Iran
Owltan
Owltan
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 39°36′25″N 47°46′09″E / 39.60694°N 47.76917°E / 39.60694; 47.76917
CountryIran
ProvinceArdabil
CountyParsabad
DistrictCentral
Established as a city2021
Population
 (2016)
 • Total
3,622
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Owltan (Persian: اولتان) is a city in the Central District of Parsabad County, Ardabil province, Iran.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, Owltan's population was 3,610 in 810 households, when it was a village in Qeshlaq-e Shomali Rural District. The following census in 2011 counted 3,991 people in 1,037 households. The 2016 census measured the population as 3,622 people in 990 households, by which time the rural district had been renamed Owltan Rural District. It was the most populous village in its rural district.

Owltan was converted to a city in 2021.

Owltan is located in on the site of the ancient Armenian city of Vardanacerta (pt) / Վարդանակերտ (hy).

See also

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Notes

  1. ↑ Also romanized as Owltān; also known as Ūltān
  2. ↑ Renamed Owltan Rural District

References

  1. ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (24 August 2024). "شهر اولتان [Shahr-e Owltan], Owltan, دهستان اولتان, بخش مرکزی [Owltan Rural District, Central District], Parsabad County, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "JQ49+QMF Oltan, Ardabil Province, Iran" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Jahangiri, Eshaq (25 July 2021) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1400/05/03 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب نامه در خصوص تقسیمات کشوری شهرستان پارس آباد استان اردبیل [‌Resolution on the national divisions of Parsabad County, Ardabil province]. مهدی داودآبادی [Mehdi Davudabadi] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. پیشنهاد شماره 195196 [Proposal Number 195196]. Archived from the original on 19 June 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  4. 1 2 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان اردبیل [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Ardabil Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  5. ↑ Owltan at GEOnet Names Server
  6. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان اردبیل [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Ardabil Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  7. 1 2 Rahimi, Mohammad Reza (6 March 2012) [16 اسفند 1390 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. سه شهر جدید به نقشه تقسیمات کشورى اضافه شد [Three new cities were added to the map of the country's divisions]. Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. Archived from the original on 10 February 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  8. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان اردبیل [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Ardabil Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  9. ↑ ՎԱՐԴԱՆԱԿեՐՏ [Vardanakert]. Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia (in Armenian). Vol. 11. p. 315.