Minjavan District

A typical winter scenery in the district (Garmanab village).

Minjavan District (Persian: بخش منجوان‎‎) is a district (bakhsh) in Khoda Afarin County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. The District has no cities and its capital is Asheqlu village. The District has three rural districts (dehestan): Dizmar-e Sharqi Rural District, Minjavan-e Gharbi Rural District, and Minjavan-e Sharqi Rural District.

Population

The online edition of the Dehkhoda Dictionary, quoting Iranian Army files,^[1] reports a population of 8464 people in late 1940s.^[2] At that time Janan Lu, Asheqlu, Dash Bashi, and Setan were the most important villages of the district. At the 2006 census, its population was 12,993, in 2,948 families.^[3] A recent statistics, conducted in 2012, reports the population as 12524 people, who live in 79 villages. Moreover, there are 22 villages which are no more populated.^[4]

History

The only noteworthy allusion to the district in official records relates to an appeal by the inhabitants of the district to the interior minister of Iran, requesting protection from the abuses by Mohammad Khanlu family.'. ^[5]

The district was formed in December 2010 by the approval of Iranian government. ^[6]

References

Khoda Afarin County
Capital	Khomarlu
Districts	Central Cities Khomarlu Rural Districts and villages Bastamlu Alikhanlu Aliverdi Owshaqi Allahlu Atalu Bagheshlu Bastamlu Davdan-e Bala Davdan-e Pain Dowrmishkhanlu Guy Aghaj Hesban Hoseynali Beyglu Kadkhodalu-ye Bala Kadkhodalu-ye Pain Kusalar Moheb Alilu Ojaq Kandi Oskanluy-e Olya Oskanluy-e Sofla Qareh Pachanlu Qoli Beyglu Quturlar Sari Yataq Shah Bodaghlu Shoja Khanlu Keyvan Ashraf Asiran Avanlu Avarsin Bayduq Chenaqchi Dayan Dedlu Dowgi Daraq Gavahan Genanlu-ye Hasan Soltanlu Hamadan Hamdamlu Ichi Daraq Kabolabad Kargaran Lalan-e Olya Lalan-e Sofla Larijan-e Olya Larijan-e Sofla Lowtejan Owghash Pir Hadian Qalamlu Qeshlaq-e Piranlu Qezel Yul Safarlu Seqehsay Seqin Suli Pir Tin Zanbalan Zarnaq Garamduz Cities none Rural Districts and villages Garamduz Agh Qeshlaq Ahmadluy-e Olya Ahmadluy-e Sofla Annablu Askalu Mohammad Hasanlu Ayri Bujaq Baqer Owghli Gechi Qeshlaq-e Olya Gechi Qeshlaq-e Sofla Gechi Qeshlaq-e Vosta Gun Gowrmez Hasan Qeshlaqi Hasanlu Hasratan Homarahlu Jafar Qoli Owshaghi Khalaf Beygluy-e Olya Khalaf Beygluy-e Sofla Khotai Kohl Jik Larijan Madineh Qeshlaqi Mahmudabad Mirza Mohammadabad Mohammad Alilu Mohammad Salehu Parviz Khanlu Qarlujeh Qeshlaq-e Daghlu Qeshlaq-e Hajj Lataf Ali Qeshlaq-e Hasan Kangarlu Qeshlaq-e Madadlu Qeshlaq-e Moqaddam Shabandeh Qeshlaq-e Yuseflu Qeshlaq-e Yuzquyi Qurtlujeh-e Olya Qurtlujeh-e Sofla Sari Beyglu Sharfeh Minjavan Cities none Rural Districts and villages Dizmar-e Sharqi (East Dizmar) Ahmadabad Ali Bolaghi Chay Kandi Darani Dinehvar Dish Gadugi Kalaleh Eslami Kavanaq Khaneqah Khush Tazeh Mardanaqom Marzabad Ojaq Kandi Owli Tazeh Kand Minjavan-e Gharbi (West Minjavan) Abbasabad Alajujeh Alherd Aqa Mirlu Asheqlu Ayenehlu Buyduz Chubeh Daraq Dulab-e Karanlu Ebrahim Beyglu Ebrahim Sami Hasan Beyglu Kalaleh-ye Olya Kalaleh-ye Sofla Kanzeh Rud Lameh Eslam Lameh-ye Arameneh Mashhad Hasanlu Masjedlu Moradlu Musa Kandi Pesyan Qareh Quch Qareh Quch-e Min Bashi Qareh Tikanlu Qeshlaq-e Eshqali Qeshlaq-e Karanlu Rashdin Razin Setan Sheykh Hoseynlu Teymur Beyglu Uzan Vayqan-e Maqadas Yusoflu Minjavan-e Sharqi (East Minjavan) Babay Luy-e Janan Lu Daraghazi Dari Lu Darreh Jik Dash Arasi Dash Bashi Emarat Gandom Nan Ham Neshin Heydarkanlu Howj-e Sofla Jafarabad Janan Lu Kerishan Keshish Qeshlaqi Kurzeh Mafruz Lu Mazraeh-ye Paridan Qaqalu Qareh Guni Sarijalu Shah Heydar Shojailu Sorkheh Kamran Tatar-e Olya Tatar-e Sofla Tazeh Kand-e Vinaq Tu Ali-ye Olya Tu Ali-ye Sofla Uri Urshanabad Vinaq