Meykhosh

{{Infobox settlement |official_name = Meykhosh |native_name = {{langx|fa|ميخوش}} |settlement_type = Village |pushpin_map = Iran |mapsize = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = [[Iran]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Iran|Province]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Ardabil province|Ardabil]] |subdivision_type2 = [[Counties of Iran|County]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Germi County|Germi]] |subdivision_type3 = [[Bakhsh (administrative division)|District]] |subdivision_name3 = [[Muran District|Muran]] |subdivision_type4 = [[Rural Districts of Iran|Rural District]] |subdivision_name4 = [[Ojarud-e Sharqi Rural District|Ojarud-e Sharqi]] |leader_title = |leader_name = |established_title = |established_date = |area_total_km2 = |area_footnotes = |population_as_of = 2016 | population_footnotes = <ref name="2016 Ardabil Province"/> |population_total = 90 |population_density_km2 = auto |timezone = [[Iran Standard Time|IRST]] |utc_offset = +3:30 |coordinates = {{coord|38|59|40|N|48|16|42|E|dim:1km|display=inline,title}} |coordinates_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite map|author=((OpenStreetMap contributors))|url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=38.994444&mlon=48.278333&zoom=15#map=15/38.99444/48.27833|website=[[OpenStreetMap]]|title=علی وردیلو, جنگان, دهستان اجارودشرقی, بخش موران [Ali Verdilu, Jangan, Ojarud-e Sharqi Rural District, Muran District], Germi County, Iran|date=19 May 2025|access-date=19 May 2025|lang=fa}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Google Maps |title=X7VH+Q8G Meykhosh, Ardabil Province, Iran |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/38°59'40.0%22N+48°16'42.0%22E/@38.994444,48.278333,4295m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d38.994444!4d48.278333?hl=en&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgxMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D |access-date=14 August 2025}}</ref> |elevation_m = |area_code = |website = |footnotes = }}

'''Meykhosh''' ({{langx|fa|ميخوش}}){{efn|Also [[romanize]]d as '''Meykhowsh''' and '''Meykhvosh'''; also known as '''Markhash''' and '''Sīkhowsh'''; Azerbaijani: '''Muxuş'''<ref>{{GEOnet3|112150|Meykhvosh}}</ref>}} is a village in [[Ojarud-e Sharqi Rural District]]<ref name="Germi County Rural Districts"> {{cite web |first=Mir-Hossein |last=Mousavi |author-link=Mir-Hossein Mousavi |orig-date={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|تاریخ تصویب}} (Approval date) 1366/05/18 (Iranian Jalali calendar) |date=9 August 1987  |script-title=fa:ایجاد و تشکیل تعداد 13 دهستان شامل روستاها، مزارع و مکانها در شهرستان مغان تابع استان آذربایجان شرقی |trans-title=‌Creation and formation of 13 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Moghan County under East Azerbaijan province |url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/110358 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250618225809/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/110358 |archive-date=18 June 2025 |access-date=18 June 2025 |website={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|لام تا کام}} [Lam ta Kam] |publisher={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|‌وزارت کشور}} [Ministry of the Interior] |agency={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|هیات وزیران}} [Council of Ministers] |language=fa |id={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|شناسه}} [ID] 519A4A8A-9894-4AA8-BDC0-B77F45FBF8F6. {{lang|fa|rtl=yes|شماره دوره}} [Course number] 66, {{lang|fa|rtl=yes|شماره جلد}} [Volume number] 13.}}</ref> of [[Muran District]] in [[Germi County]],{{efn|Formerly [[Germi County|Moghan County]]}} [[Ardabil province|Ardabil]] province, [[Iran]].

Meykhosh is about 4 km south of [[Zahra, Ardabil|Zahra]], the capital of [[Muran District]]. Zahra is 30 km east of [[Germi]]. Meykhosh and Zahra are close (one km) to the border of [[Azerbaijan]].

==Demographics== ===Language=== The village's inhabitants speak [[Azerbaijani language|Azerbaijani]].{{cn|date=May 2025}}

===Population=== At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 163 in 33 households.<ref name="2006 Ardabil Province"> {{cite web |script-title=fa:سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان اردبیل |trans-title=General Population and Housing Census 2006: Ardabil Province |language=fa |website={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|مرکز آمار ایران}} [Statistical Centre of Iran] |url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/24.xls |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094514/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/24.xls |archive-date=20 September 2011 |format=Excel |access-date=19 June 2025}}</ref> The following census in 2011 recorded 119 people in 33 households.<ref name="2011 Ardabil Province"> {{cite web |script-title=fa:سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان اردبیل |trans-title=General Population and Housing Census 2011: Ardabil Province |language=fa |website=Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University |url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ardabil.xls |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115211527/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ardabil.xls |archive-date=15 January 2023 |agency={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|مرکز آمار ایران}} [Statistical Centre of Iran] |format=Excel |access-date=19 June 2025}}</ref> The 2016 census measured the village's population at 90 people in 28 households.<ref name="2016 Ardabil Province"> {{cite web |script-title=fa:سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان اردبیل |trans-title=General Population and Housing Census 2016: Ardabil Province |language=fa |website={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|مرکز آمار ایران}} [Statistical Centre of Iran] |url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_24.xlsx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322123220/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_24.xlsx |archive-date=22 March 2019 |format=Excel |access-date=19 June 2025}}</ref>

==See also== {{Portal-inline|Iran}} {{clear}}

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[[Category:Populated places in Germi County]]