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 .