Ardabil County


Ardabil County is in Ardabil province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Ardabil.

History

was separated from the county in the establishment of Sareyn County in 2009. In 2010, Gharbi Rural District was separated from the Central District in the formation of Samarin District, which included the new Dujaq Rural District.
In 2018, the village of Samarin was elevated to the status of a city, and the village of Aralluy-e Bozorg merged with another village to form the new city of Arallu in 2019.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the county's population was 542,930 in 131,950 households. The following census in 2011 counted 564,365 people in 156,242 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 605,992 in 180,975 households.

Administrative divisions

Ardabil County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table