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{{Short description|City in West Azerbaijan province, Iran}}
{{for|the administrative division of West Azerbaijan province|Showt County}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
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|native_name             = {{langx|fa|شوط}}
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|coordinates_footnotes   = <ref>{{Cite map |author=((OpenStreetMap contributors)) |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=39.219722&mlon=44.772222&zoom=15#map=15/39.21972/44.77222|website=[[OpenStreetMap]] |title=Showt, Showt County|date=28 September 2024|access-date=28 September 2024|lang=fa}}</ref>
|subdivision_type        = Country
|subdivision_name        = [[Iran]]
|subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of Iran|Province]]
|subdivision_name1       = [[West Azerbaijan province|West Azerbaijan]]
|subdivision_type2       = [[Counties of Iran|County]]
|subdivision_name2       = [[Showt County|Showt]]
|subdivision_type3       = [[Bakhsh|District]]
|subdivision_name3       = [[Central District (Showt County)|Central]]
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|population_total        = 25381
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'''Showt''' ({{langx|fa|شوط}}){{efn|Also [[romanize]]d as '''Showţ'''; also known as '''Shoţ'''; {{langx|hy|Շոթ}}<ref>{{GEOnet3|218711}}</ref>}} is a city in the [[Central District (Showt County)|Central District]] of [[Showt County]], [[West Azerbaijan province|West Azerbaijan]] province, [[Iran]], serving as capital of both the county and the district.<ref name="Chaypareh, Poldasht, and Showt Counties Establishment">{{cite report|title=Approval letter regarding reforms of national divisions in West Azerbaijan province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/134945|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413002459/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/134945|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board|last=Davodi|first=Parviz|archive-date=13 April 2014|orig-date=Approved 18 September 1386|date=24 January 1393|id=Proposal 138613/42/4/1; Notification 156165/T32690K|access-date=21 November 2023}}</ref>
==Demographics==
===Population===
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 19,759 in 4,654 households,<ref name="2006 West Azerbaijan Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): West Azerbaijan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/04.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094953/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/04.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}}</ref> when it was capital of the former [[Showt District]] of [[Maku County]].<ref name="Khalifan and Showt Districts Formation">{{cite report|title=Creation and establishment of two districts in West Azerbaijan Province|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/112236|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240926003024/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/112236|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|orig-date=Approved 21 April 1368|date=c. 2024|id=Proposal 4.53.4892|last=Mousavi|first=Mirhossein|archive-date=26 September 2024|access-date=26 September 2024}}</ref> The following census in 2011 counted 21,047 people in 5,491 households,<ref name="2011 West Azerbaijan Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): West Azerbaijan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=irandataportal.syr.edu|via=Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University|url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/West-Azerbaijan.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120205939/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/West-Azerbaijan.xls|archive-date=20 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}}</ref> by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Showt County. Showt was transferred to the new Central District as the county's capital.<ref name="Chaypareh, Poldasht, and Showt Counties Establishment"/> The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 25,381 people in 7,219 households.<ref name="2016 West Azerbaijan Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): West Azerbaijan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_04.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830042935/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_04.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=30 August 2022}}</ref>
==See also==
{{Portal-inline|Iran}}
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== Notes ==
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== References ==
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*{{GEOnet|218711}}
*[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IR/1/Shot.html "Shot, Iran"]{{dead link|date=April 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, Falling Rain Genomics, Inc.
*[http://www.maplandia.com/iran/west-azarbayejan/shot/ "Shot Map — Satellite Images of Shot"], Maplandia
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{{West Azerbaijan Province|state=collapsed}}
{{Showt County|state=collapsed}}
[[Category:Cities in West Azerbaijan province]]
[[Category:Populated places in Showt County]]
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