Minjavan-e_Gharbi_Rural_District
Minjavan-e Gharbi Rural District
Rural district in East Azerbaijan province, Iran
Minjavan-e Gharbi Rural District (Persian: دهستان منجوان غربی; in Armenian: Հասանով Գաւառակ)[3] is in Minjavan District of Khoda Afarin County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran.[4] Its capital is the village of Asheqlu.[5]
At the National Census of 2006, its population (as a part of the former Khoda Afarin District of Kaleybar County) was 4,378 in 931 households.[6] There were 4,214 inhabitants in 1,063 households at the following census of 2011,[7] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Khoda Afarin County.[4] At the most recent census of 2016, the population of the rural district was 4,094 in 1,282 households. The most populous of its 42 villages was Asheqlu, with 534 people.[2] There is a significant decline in the population, a reflection of the general trend in the Arasbaran region due to the lack of jobs.[citation needed]