Iran - West Azarbaijan Province

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The province of West Azarbaijan (in farsi: azarbaijaneh gharbi) covers an area of 39,487 km², or 43,660 km² including Lake Urmia. The capital city of the province is Urmia.
The province is divided into 14 shahrestans (counties). The present number of shahrestans (counties) was achieved over time by subdivision of many of the larger shahrestans into smaller ones.
The cities (shahrestans) are: Piranshahr, Urmia, Mahabad, Oshnaviyeh, Miandoab, Naghadeh, Takab, Shahindej, Maku, Chaldoran, Salmas, Khoy,Sardasht and Bukan.