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Chaldoran is the site of the historic Battle of Chaldiran, which took place in 1514 between the armies of OttomanSultan Selim I and SafavidShah Ismail I on the narrow plain outside of the town. The Ottoman army had the advantage of using firearms as well as superiority in size, and defeated the Safavid army for the first time.
After the Ottomans took this area, they resettled many of the Kurdish tribes further west.
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the county's population was 143,205 in 31,291 households.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 46,398 people in 11,364 households.[5] The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 45,060 in 11,970 households.[2]
Administrative divisions
Chaldoran County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.
Chaldoran is one of the tourist areas of West Azerbaijan because of its cold weather in winter and cool summer.[citation needed]
Economy
The expansion of pastures and cultivable lands has given this region the opportunity of enjoying prosperous cattle breeding, agriculture and apiculture with highest rate of job creation in the region. According to the census of the year 2003, population of Chaldoran district is 46,700; 33.5 percent of whom live in urban areas and 66.5 percent are rural and tribal settlers. Chaldoran's Wednesday Market (Chaharshanbeh Bazar) enjoys a particular fame for various types of cattle, agricultural, farming products and local handicrafts.[citation needed] The most important tourism attractions of this city are : Holy Tatavous Church (Ghareh Kelisa), Tomb of shahid sedreddin shirazi, Tombs of Martyrs in chaldoran City and Zarzar Church in Baroum Village
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^Aref, Mohammad Reza (c. 2023) [Approved 7 July 1381]. Approval of divisional reforms in West Azerbaijan province. lamtakam.com (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board. Notification 33125/T26574K. Archived from the original on 24 December 2023. Retrieved 24 December 2023 – via Lam ta Kam.