Baran Duz

Baran Duz (Persian: باراندوز; in Armenian: Բարանդուզ), also Romanized as Bārān Dūz and Bārāndūz, is a village in, and the capital of, Baranduz Rural District of the Central District of Urmia County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.

Baran Duz
Persian: باراندوز
Village
Baran Duz
Coordinates: 37°24′22″N 45°05′32″E
CountryIran
ProvinceWest Azerbaijan
CountyUrmia
DistrictCentral
Rural DistrictBaranduz
Population
 (2016)
  Total632
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

At the 2006 National Census, its population was 834 in 224 households. The following census in 2011 counted 672 people in 220 households. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 632 people in 207 households.

Duz (also spelled Diz, Dez, or Dezh) means castle in Old Persian.

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