Nuaveh

Nuaveh is a village in, and the capital of, Melkari-ye Sharqi Rural District of Zab District, Mirabad County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.

At the 2006 National Census, its population was 492 in 68 households, when it was in Melkari Rural District of the former Vazineh District, Sardasht County. The following census in 2011 counted 414 people in 87 households. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 299 people in 72 households.

In 2022, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Mirabad County, which was divided into two districts and two rural districts, with Mirabad as its capital and only city.