Ardabil

Ardabil ( pronunciation , Persian:‎‎اردبیل, Azerbaijani:Ərdəbil-اردبیل , also Romanized as Ardabīl and Ardebīl) is an ancient city in Iranian Azerbaijan. Ardabil is the center of Ardabil Province. At the 2011 census, its population was 564,365, in 156,324 families, where the dominant majority are ethnic Iranian Azerbaijanis.