Khalifan, MahabadKhalifan is a city in, and the capital of, Khalifan District in Mahabad County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.DemographicsPopulationAt the time of the 2006 National Census, Khalifan's population was 425 in 77 households, when it was a village in Kani Bazar Rural District. The following census in 2011 counted 962 people in 128 households, by which time the village had been converted to a city. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 749 people in 119 households, the vast majority of whom were Kurds.