At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 112,933 in 29,207 households.[11] The following census in 2011 counted 123,081 people in 35,066 households.[12] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 134,425 people in 41,459 households.[4]
In 1921, Miandoab was the site of a significant battle during theKurdish uprising led bySimko Shikak. His forces, numbering several thousand and reinforced byTurkish Kurds, defeatedIranian government troops and took control of the city. The battle marked the height of Simko's power during his revolt in northwestern Iran.[13][14][15]
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The city of Miandoab is on theZarriné-Rūd river and located in the center of theplain that slopes down toLake Urmia. It is 1,314 metres (4,311 ft) above the sea level, at 46°6′Elatitude and 36°58′Nlongitude.
The city is a transportation connection point betweenWest Azerbaijan province andEast Azerbaijan province. Thus, the city has been a transportation crossroads between the two large provinces, and has attracted political and economic interest from local and international governments.
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^Habibi, Hassan (12 September 1990) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1369/06/21 (Iranian Jalali calendar)].تصویب سازمان و سلسله تابعیت عناصر و واحدهای تقسیمات کشوری استان آذربایجان غربی به مرکزیت شهر ارومیه [Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of West Azerbaijan province, centered in the city of Urmia].لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian).وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior].کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board].شناسه [ID] D6D37EAB-50D7-43D6-B320-D774C01ADE50.شماره دوره [Course number] 69,شماره جلد [Volume number] 3. Archived fromthe original on 20 December 2023. Retrieved29 September 2025.
^Moradi, Golmorad (1992).Ein Jahr autonome Regierung in Kurdistan: die Mahabad-Republik 1946-1947 : Geschichte der kurdischen Aufstandsbewegungen von der arabisch-islamischen Invasion bis zur Mahabad-Republik.City University of Applied Sciences. p. 256.
^سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان آذربایجان غربی [General Population and Housing Census 2006: West Azerbaijan Province].مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived fromthe original(Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved25 September 2022.
^سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان آذربایجان غربی [General Population and Housing Census 2011: West Azerbaijan Province].Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian).مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived fromthe original(Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved19 December 2022.
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