Maragheh is a city in the Central District of Maragheh County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran, and serves as capital of the county.At the 2006 census, its population was 146,405 in 38,891 households. The following census in 2011 counted 162,275 people in 47,552 households. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 175,255 people in 54,958 households. Maragheh is on the bank of the river Sufi Chay. The population consists mostly of Iranian Azerbaijanis who are bilingual in Azerbaijani and Persian. It is 130 kilometres from Tabriz, the largest city in northwestern Iran. Read More
