Malekan: facts

At a glance

• Country: Iran
• Region: East Azerbaijan
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 27,431
• Coordinates: 37.1426° N, 46.1035° E
• Time zone: Asia/Tehran (UTC+03:30)
• Currency: Rial (IRR)
• Distance to the capital, Tehran: 502 km (312 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Urmia Airport (OMH): 108 km (67 mi), straight line
• Tabriz International Airport (TBZ): 111 km (69 mi), straight line
• Hakkari Yüksekova Airport (YKO, Turkey): 171 km (106 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Chahar Borj: 11 km (7 mi)
• Miandoab: 20 km (12 mi)
• Bonab: 22 km (14 mi)
• Maragheh: 30 km (19 mi)
• Ajab Shir: 42 km (26 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Miandoab, 20 km (12 mi)