Malekan County

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Malekan County (Persian: شهرستان ملکان) is a county in East Azarbaijan Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Malekan.While it may not be the largest city in the province in terms of capacity,it has a population around 100,000 citizens ( Most of them living in the capital ).The main business of it's people is farming and producing fruit.

1 Etymology
2 Landscapes
3 Legendary persons
4 References

[edit] Etymology

The word "Malekan" is derived from Malek/Kandi, "The village of the King" .However There are various theories pertaining to the origin of the name 'Malekan/Kandi' : The first theory tells " because the grounds are owned by "GAJAR" government the city's has been named after the founder and the king of the government. The second theory holds that " because there have been several kings that have came and gone in the past ... " it has been named this way. The third and the last theory is that the name " Malek/Kandi" is derived from the name of a king called "Maleknia".

[edit] Landscapes

Honestly Malekan doesn't have what it takes to be a beautiful city and neither it have any kind of art to be worth watching or anything valuable that a foreigner would like to see.It really is a a shame that a city of Malekan's calibre with the history and capacity that it has, doesn't have any landmarks or valuable spectacles; However, there are some honourable mentions such as " Girls Bridge " and "albilaghi".

[edit] Legendary persons

There is no one in the city who hasn't heard of the Great King Fardin II. Fardin I was a legendary king of Malekan's. He was the first one that enhanced the facilities of the city by provided high standard schools and colleges for students.Fardin II is named after his father "Fardin II".He is the best king Malekan has ever had and due to that reason he holds a great reputation both on and off the city.After he died his sister "Dr.Zhila" kept on her brother's way and even became more popular than the great king "Fardin".