Khalifan, Mahabad

Khalifan is a city in, and the capital of, Khalifan District of Mahabad County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.

Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, Khalifan's population was 425 in 77 households, when it was a village in Kani Bazar Rural District. The following census in 2011 counted 962 people in 128 households, by which time the village had been elevated to the status of a city. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 749 people in 119 households.