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'''Poldasht''' ({{langx|fa|پلدشت}}){{efn|Also [[romanize]]d as '''Pol Dasht''', '''Pol’desht''', and '''Pol-e Dasht'''; also known as '''Araplar''' and '''Pul Dasht'''; and [[Azerbaijani language|Azerbaijani]]: ''' | '''Poldasht''' ({{langx|fa|پلدشت}}){{efn|Also [[romanize]]d as '''Pol Dasht''', '''Pol’desht''', and '''Pol-e Dasht'''; also known as '''Araplar''' and '''Pul Dasht'''; and [[Azerbaijani language|Azerbaijani]]: '''پولدشت'''<ref>{{GEOnet3|-3078448}}</ref>}} is a city in the [[Central District (Poldasht County)|Central District]] of [[Poldasht County]] in [[Iran]]'s [[West Azerbaijan province|West Azerbaijan]] province, serving as capital of both the county and the district.<ref name="Chaypareh, Poldasht, and Showt Counties Establishment">{{cite report|title=Approval letter regarding reforms of national divisions in West Azerbaijan province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/134945|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413002459/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/134945|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board|last=Davodi|first=Parviz|archive-date=13 April 2014|orig-date=Approved 18 September 1386|date=24 January 1393|id=Proposal 138613/42/4/1; Notification 156165/T32690K|access-date=21 November 2023}}</ref> 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 [[Azerbaijan–Iran border|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, Iran (city)|Jolfa]] in [[East Azerbaijan province]]. Also adjacent to Poldasht is the [[Aras River Dam]]. | Poldasht is a Persian word meaning ''[[arable land]] by the bridge''. The city is situated near the [[Azerbaijan–Iran border|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, Iran (city)|Jolfa]] in [[East Azerbaijan province]]. Also adjacent to Poldasht is the [[Aras River Dam]]. | ||
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Poldasht (Template:Langx)Template:Efn 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.[1] 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.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 8,584 people in 2,205 households,[2] when it was capital of the former Poldasht District of Maku County.[3] The following census in 2011 counted 9,963 people in 2,658 households,[4] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Poldasht County. Poldasht was transferred to the new Central District as the county's capital.[1] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 11,472 people in 3,377 households.[5]