Sahand, Iran

Sahand is a city in the Central District of Osku County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran.

Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, Sahand's population was 13,610 in 3,922 households, when it was a village in Sahand Rural District. The following census in 2011 counted 24,704 people in 7,342 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 82,494 people in 25,802 households.

Sahand is a satellite city located in Osku County. It is designed to accommodate the overflow of the Tabriz metropolitan area's increasing population. The main campus of Sahand University of Technology is located in the southeastern part of the city.