Duzduzan

Duzduzan (Persian: دوزدوزان; also Romanized as Dūzdūzān)[3] is a city in Mehraban District of Sarab County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran.

Duzduzan
Persian: دوزدوزان
City
Duzduzan is located in Iran
Duzduzan
Duzduzan
Coordinates: 37°56′57″N 47°07′14″E[1]
Country Iran
ProvinceEast Azerbaijan
CountySarab
DistrictMehraban
Elevation
1,687 m (5,535 ft)
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total3,627
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
Postal code
54911
Calling code0432722
Websitewww.duzduzan.com

At the 2006 census, its population was 3,557 in 664 households.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 3,815 people in 897 households.[5] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 3,627 people in 1,065 households.[2]

Geography

Duzduzan is located in the mountains of Arasbaran in north-western Iran on the highway between Ardabil and Tabriz. Although not on the river it is within the drainage basin of the Aji Chay. Because of its high elevation it has a climate that is generally cold and rainy. The city is 15 km by road east of the village of Kurdkandi and 32 km by road east of Bostanabad. Duzduzan is 37 km by road west of the city of Sarab, the county seat.

Earthquakes

The area is earthquake-prone as it lies on the Duzduzan Fault, in the North Tabriz fault system,[6][7] just north of the plate boundary where the Arabian Plate is pushing against the Eurasian Plate. The town was heavily shaken in:[7]

  • 1721 by the Shebli earthquake (7.3 MW)
  • 1780 by the Tabriz earthquake (7.4 Mw )
  • 1786 by the Marand-Mishu earthquake (6.3 Mw )
  • 1807 by a quake on the Tasujreverse fault (5.5 Mw )
  • 1879 by a quake on the South Bozqush reverse fault (6.7 Mw )

References
  1. OpenStreetMap contributors (4 April 2023). "Duzduzan, Sarab County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  2. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 03. Archived from the original (Excel) on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. Duzduzan can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3061898" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  4. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 03. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  5. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)" (Excel). Iran Data Portal (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 03. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  6. Azad, Solaymani (2009). Seismic Hazard Assessment for Tehran, Tabriz and Zandjan Cities (Nw Iran) Based on Morphotectonics And Paleoseismology (PDF). Doctoral dissertation (in French). Montpellier, France: Montpellier 2 University. p. 61, figure 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 January 2013.
  7. Berberian, Manuel; Yeats, Robert S. (1999). "Patterns of historical earthquake rupture in the Iranian Plateau" (PDF). Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 89 (1): 120–139. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2013.
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