Malekan
Malekan is a city in the Central [District (Malekan County)|Central District] of Malekan County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 23,989 in 6,356 households. The following census in 2011 counted 25,312 people in 7,284 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 27,431 people in 8,467 households.Notable people
- Shahruz Afkhami, politician
- Amin Esmaeilnezhad, volleyball player
- Salman Khodadadi, politician
- Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, human rights activist and blogger
- Younes Sarmasti, freestyle wrestler