What is "malekan"

Malekan (; also Romanized as Malekān; formerly, Malik Kandi , also Romanized as Malek Kandī and Malikkand) is a city in and the capital of Malekan County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 23,989, in 6,356 families.

Malekan (electoral district) is a 9th electoral district in the East Azerbaijan Province. this electoral district have 106,118 population and elects 1 members of parliament. Malekan and Bonab was jointly electoral district from 1st to 5th Iranian legislative election and only first election had 2 members of Islamic Consultative Assembly.