#Mahabad #Kurdistan
#Mahabad

is a #city and #capital of #Mahabad County, #West_Azerbaijan_Province, #Iran. At the 2006 #census, its #population was 168,000 in 31,000 #families

#The #city #lies #south of Lake #Urmia in a #narrow #valley 1,300 #metres #above #sea level

Mahabad is #bordered by #Miandoab to the #north, by #Sardasht to the #south, by #Bokan to the #east, and to #Piranshahr and #Naghade to the #west.