Qutan, Iran

Qutan is a village in Zangebar Rural District, in the Central District of Poldasht County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 269, in 59 families.

Name

According to Vladimir Minorsky, the name "Qutan" is derived from either the Turkic word qotan, meaning "an enclosure for sheep", or from the Mongolian word qutan, referring to the pelican.