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{{Short description|City in West Azerbaijan province, Iran}}

{{for multi|the administrative division of West Azerbaijan province|Khoy County|the village in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province|Khoy, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari{{!}}Khoy|Serer divination ceremony|Xooy|other uses of a similar name|Khoi (disambiguation){{!}}Khoi}}

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Khoy
| native_name        = {{langx|fa|خوی}}<br>{{langx|az|xoy}}
| settlement_type    = City
| image_skyline      = Arg hokumati xoy.jpg
| imagesize          = 300
| image_caption      = 
| image_seal         = Khoy Municipality.png
| seal_size          = 100
| seal_alt           = Logo of Khoy Municipality
| pushpin_map        = Iran
| mapframe           = yes
| mapsize            = 
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = [[Iran]]
| subdivision_type1  = [[Provinces of Iran|Province]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[West Azerbaijan province|West Azerbaijan]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[Counties of Iran|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Khoy County|Khoy]]
| subdivision_type3  = [[Bakhsh (administrative division)|District]]
| subdivision_name3  = [[Central District (Khoy County)|Central]]
| leader_title       = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name        = Hassan Nasrollah pour
| leader_title1      = [[Khoy and Chaypareh (electoral district)|Parliament]]
| leader_name1       = [[Adel Najafzadeh]]
| established_title  = 
| established_date   = 
| area_total_km2     = 
| area_footnotes     = 
| population_footnotes = <ref name="2016 West Azerbaijan Province"/>
| population_as_of   = 2016
| population_total   = 198845
| population_metro   = 
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone           = [[Iran Standard Time|IRST]]
| utc_offset         = +3:30
| coordinates        = {{Coord|38|32|47|N|44|57|15|E|dim:3km|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite map |author=((OpenStreetMap contributors)) |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=38.546389&mlon=44.954167&zoom=14#map=14/38.54639/44.95417|website=[[OpenStreetMap]] |title=اعتمادیه, دهستان دیزج, بخش مرکزی [Etemadiyeh, Dizaj Rural District, Central District], Khoy County, West Azerbaijan Province, 58139-68197, Iran|date=25 September 2024|access-date=25 September 2024|lang=fa}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Google Maps |title=GXW3+HM3 Khoy, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/38°32'47.0%22N+44°57'15.0%22E/@38.546389,44.954167,8853m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d38.546389!4d44.954167?hl=en&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTAwMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D |access-date=5 October 2025}}</ref>
| elevation_m        = 1148
| elevation_ft       = 3769
| elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web
| url  = http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IR/2/Khvoy.html
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080307014428/http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IR/2/Khvoy.html
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 7 March 2008
| title= Xoy, Iran Page
| access-date=7 July 2008 
}}</ref>
| area_code          = 044-3
| website            = {{URL|http://www.khoy.ir}}
| footnotes          = 
}}

'''Khoy''' ({{langx|az|Xoy}}, {{langx|fa|خوی}}){{efn|Also [[romanize]]d as '''Khoi''';<ref>{{GEOnet3|-3071618}}</ref> {{langx|ku|خۆی}}, romanized as '''Xoy''';<ref>{{Cite news|date=9 May 2020|title=چوار کۆڵبەر لە سنورەکانی بانە و خۆی کوژران و برینداربون|language=ku|url=https://www.xendan.org/detailnews.aspx?jimare=97282&babet=1&relat=1024|access-date=1 August 2020}}</ref> {{Langx|hy|Հեր}}, romanized as '''Her'''}} is a city in the [[Central District (Khoy County)|Central District]] of [[Khoy County]], [[West Azerbaijan province|West Azerbaijan]] province, [[Iran]], serving as capital of both the county and the district.<ref name="West Azerbaijan Province Structure"> {{cite web |first=Hassan |last=Habibi |author-link=Hassan Habibi |orig-date={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|تاریخ تصویب}} (Approval date) 1369/06/21 (Iranian Jalali calendar) |date=12 September 1990 <!-- Converted 'Approval date' using https://www.iranchamber.com/calendar/converter/iranian_calendar_converter.php --> |script-title=fa:تصویب سازمان و سلسله تابعیت عناصر و واحدهای تقسیمات کشوری استان آذربایجان غربی به مرکزیت شهر ارومیه |trans-title=‌Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of West Azerbaijan province, centered in the city of Urmia |url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113037 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231220192713/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113037 |archive-date=20 December 2023 |access-date=29 September 2025 |website={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|لام تا کام}} [Lam ta Kam] |publisher={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|‌وزارت کشور}} [Ministry of the Interior] |agency={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت}} [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board] |language=fa |id={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|شناسه}} [ID] D6D37EAB-50D7-43D6-B320-D774C01ADE50. {{lang|fa|rtl=yes|شماره دوره}} [Course number] 69, {{lang|fa|rtl=yes|شماره جلد}} [Volume number] 3.}}</ref> Occupied since [[Medes|Median]] times, it shares a long history as an important [[Christianity|Christian]] center.<ref name="Andrew Burke pp. 138">Andrew Burke, "Iran" pp. 138. Lonely Planet. {{ISBN|1742203493}}</ref>

==History==
Khoy was named in ancient times for the salt mines that made it an important spur of the Silk Route.<ref name="Andrew Burke pp. 138"/> 3000 years ago, a city existed on the area where Khoy is located nowadays, but its name became Khoy only in the 14th centuries ago.<ref name="Lida Balilan Asl 2013">Lida Balilan Asl, Elham Jafari. "Khoy's Expansion from Early Islam to Late Qajar According to Historical Documents" published spring 2013. vol 3</ref> In 714 BC, [[Sargon II]] passed the region of which Khoy is part of in a campaign against [[Urartu]].<ref name="Lida Balilan Asl 2013"/>

During the reign of [[Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)|Greater Armenia]] this city was a part of [[Nor-Shirakan]] province (ashkar). Khoy was mentioned in the 8th century AD and was called ''Her'' by [[Anania Shirakatsi]] in "[[Ashkharatsuyts]]".

In the [[Parthian empire|Parthian]] period, Khoy was the gateway of the Parthian Empire in the Northwest. During the reign of Armenian king [[Tigranes the Great]], Khoy is mentioned as being an important settlement of the [[Silk Route]].<ref name="Lida Balilan Asl 2013"/> Around the year 37 BC, [[Mark Antony]] had crossed the plain that is located between Khoy and [[Marand]] during one of the many and frequent [[Roman-Parthian Wars]].<ref name="Lida Balilan Asl 2013"/>

Scholars such as [[Josef Markwart]] consider Khoy to be the identical to the ''Gobdi'' station mentioned in the ''[[Tabula Peutingeriana]]''.{{sfn|Manandian|1965|p=113}}

One of the important historic elements of the city is [[Saint Sarkis Church, Khoy|Surp Sarkis Church]]. [[Armenian language|Armenian]] documents wrote that the date of the making has to be either 332 or 333 AD.<ref name="Lida Balilan Asl 2013"/> In the city and its surrounding villages, churches are seen and it is reported that [[Armenians]] have always been comprising a significant amount of the city's population.<ref name="Lida Balilan Asl 2013"/>{{page needed|date=April 2020}}

By the first half of the 11th century the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine emperors]] were actively trying to round off their eastern territories, in an attempt to absorb the unstable Armenian dynasties. In 1021-2 emperor [[Basil II]] led his army as far as Khoy within 175&nbsp;km of [[Dvin (ancient city)|Dvin]], and obtained the surrender of royalty from the [[Artsruni|Artsruni dynasty]] of [[Van, Turkey|Van]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Minorsky|first=Vladimir|author-link=Vladimir Minorsky|title=Studies in Caucasian History: I. New Light on the Shaddadids of Ganja II. The Shaddadids of Ani III. Prehistory of Saladin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pzg8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA52|year=1953|publisher=CUP Archive|isbn=978-0-521-05735-6|page=52}}</ref>

In 1210, the city was conquered by the forces of [[Kingdom of Georgia]] sent by [[Tamar the Great]] under the command of Zakaria and Ivane [[Mkhargrdzeli]]. This was a response to the sacking of Georgian-controlled [[Ani]] which occurred in 1208 and left 12,000 Christians dead.<ref>{{cite book |last1=L. Baker |first1=Patricia |last2=Smith |first2=Hilary |last3=Oleynik |first3=Maria |date=2014 |title=Iran |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RT0bAgAAQBAJ |location=London, United Kingdom |publisher=Bradt Travel Guides |page=158 |isbn=978-1841624020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Salia |first=Kalistrat |date=1983 |title=History of the Georgian nation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xjAhAQAAMAAJ |location=Madison, WI |publisher=University of Wisconsin |page=181 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Mikaberidze |first=Alexander |date=2011 |title=Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World: A Historical Encyclopedia, Volume 1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WjQfo3a1eVMC |location=Santa Barbara, California, USA |publisher=ABC-CLIO |page=196 |isbn=978-1598843361}}</ref>

The city was ruled over by Malika, wife of [[Jalal al-Din Mangburni]] after his conquest of the city in the late 1220s.<ref>Tamta's World by Anthony Eastmond, page 108</ref>

===Modern period===
[[File:Gold coin of Karim Khan Zand, minted in Khoy.jpg|thumb|right|Gold coin of [[Karim Khan Zand]], struck at the Khoy mint, dated 1779]]
In the wake of the demise of the [[Safavids]], the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottomans]] took Khoy on 6 May 1724, a territorial gain which was confirmed with [[Imperial Russia]] through the [[Treaty of Constantinople (1724)]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Somel|first1=Selcuk Aksin|title=Historical Dictionary of the Ottoman Empire|date=2003|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0810866065|page=xlvi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jGZQL41tg_oC&q=ottomans+khoy}}</ref>

Until 1828, Khoy had a large number of [[Armenians]]; however, the [[Treaty of Turkmenchay]] (1828), gave the Russians the right to encourage Armenians to immigrate into the Russian Empire. Nevertheless, a small Armenian population remained living in Khoy. This was noted by an American missionary in 1834.<ref name="Eli Smith pp 315">Smith noted that the city had between 4000 and 7000 Muslim families, while only about 100 Armenian families were left. {{Cite book|author=Smith, Eli |author-link=Eli Smith|year=1834 |title=Missionary Researches in Armenia: Including a Journey through Asia Minor, and into Georgia and Persia |publisher=G. Wightmann |page=315}}</ref> He noted further that in the villages around Khoy there were a few more, but the vast majority had migrated to the North of the [[Aras river]] following Russia's victory over Persia in 1828 and the encouraged settling in the newly incorporated Russian regions of [[Eastern Armenia]].<ref name="Eli Smith pp 315"/>

With the advent of the 1910s, Khoy was occupied by [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] troops, but they were completely expelled from the area by the Russians by 1911.{{sfn|Atabaki|2006|page=70}} Khoy was one of the many cities in Iran which garrisoned Russian infantry and [[Cossacks]].{{sfn|Atabaki|2006|page=70}} The Russians retreated at the time of [[Enver Pasha]]'s offensive in the Iran-Caucasus region, but returned in around early 1916, and stayed in the region up to the wake of the [[Russian Revolution]].{{sfn|Atabaki|2006|page=70}} In 1918, for a final brief period, the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottomans]] took Khoy until the decisive end of [[World War I]] and the [[Armistice of Mudros]].{{sfn|Atabaki|2006|page=70}} In [[World War II]], Khoy was again occupied by [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] troops, who remained until [[Iran crisis of 1946|1946]]. After 1946 the city indefinitely became part of [[Iran]] and is located in the far northwest of the country.

==Demographics==
===Population===
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 178,708 in 45,090 households.<ref name="2006 West Azerbaijan Province"> {{cite web |script-title=fa:سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان آذربایجان غربی |trans-title=General Population and Housing Census 2006: West Azerbaijan Province |language=fa |website={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|مرکز آمار ایران}} [Statistical Centre of Iran] |url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/04.xls |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094953/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/04.xls |archive-date=20 September 2011 |format=Excel |access-date=25 September 2022}}</ref> The following census in 2011 counted 200,958 people in 57,149 households.<ref name="2011 West Azerbaijan Province"> {{cite web |script-title=fa:سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان آذربایجان غربی |trans-title=General Population and Housing Census 2011: West Azerbaijan Province |language=fa |website=Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University |url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/West-Azerbaijan.xls |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120205939/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/West-Azerbaijan.xls |archive-date=20 January 2023 |agency={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|مرکز آمار ایران}} [Statistical Centre of Iran] |format=Excel |access-date=19 December 2022}}</ref> The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 198,845 people in 59,964 households.<ref name="2016 West Azerbaijan Province"> {{cite web |script-title=fa:سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان آذربایجان غربی |trans-title=General Population and Housing Census 2016: West Azerbaijan Province |language=fa |website={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|مرکز آمار ایران}} [Statistical Centre of Iran] |url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_04.xlsx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830042935/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_04.xlsx |archive-date=30 August 2022 |format=Excel |access-date=19 December 2022}}</ref>

==Geography==
===Location===
Khoy is north of the province's capital and largest city [[Urmia]], and 807&nbsp;km north-west to [[Tehran]]. The region's economy is based on [[agriculture]], particularly the production of fruit, grain, and timber. Khoy is nicknamed as the [[Sunflower]] city of Iran. At the 2006 census, the city had a population of 178,708, with an estimated 2012 population of 200,985. Khoy is largely populated by ethnic [[Azerbaijanis]],<ref>[https://rch.ac.ir/article/Details/8914 encyclopaedia islamica:اهالی شهرستان خوی به زبان ترکی سخن می‌گویند (صدرایی‌خویی، 1373ش، ص 65)]</ref> except for the residents of the western edge of Khoy, who are mostly [[Kurds]]; The majority of the population (more than 90%) subscribes to the [[Shiites|Shiite]] sect of Islam. The [[Kurds]] of this less, who live mostly in a nomadic way as opposed to the mostly settled [[Azerbaijanis]], are largely [[Sunni]] and are composed of two independent tribes, [[Shakkak]] and [[Jalali tribe|Jalali]].<ref>[https://www.cgie.org.ir/fa/article/245193/%D8%AE%D9%88%DB%8C Encyclopedia of Islamic World:به جز ساکنان حاشیه غربی شهرستان خوی که بیشتر کرد هستند؛ اکثریت جمعیت منطقه (بیش از ۹۰٪) شیعه دوازده امامی‌اند. کردهای این منطقه بیشتر به صورت عشایری زندگی می‌کنند و از دو طایفه مستقل کره‌سنی و مدرومی هستند]</ref>

===Climate===
[[Köppen-Geiger climate classification system]] classifies its climate as [[cold semi-arid climate|cold semi-arid]] (BSk).<ref name="Climate-Data.org">{{cite web|title=Climate: Khoy - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table|url=http://en.climate-data.org/location/805/|publisher=Climate-Data.org|access-date=9 September 2013}}</ref>

Highest recorded temperature:{{Convert|42.8|C|F|abbr=on}} on 26 July 2020<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.meteomanz.com/sy5?ind=40703&l=1&m1=07&y1=2020 |title=KHOY - Month summary: July 2020 |access-date=4 July 2024 |website=meteomanz}}</ref><br>Lowest recorded temperature:{{Convert|-30.0|C|F|abbr=on}} on 24 January 1964<ref name=MIN/>

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|location=Khoy (1991-2020, extremes 1959-present){{Efn-lr|content=Rainy days calculated using parameters 46 and 71 from the first source. (days with rain showers and days with rain/drizzle)}}
| Jan record high C =17.0
| Feb record high C =20.2
| Mar record high C =27.2
| Apr record high C =32.0
| May record high C =35.6
| Jun record high C =39.8
| Jul record high C =42.8
| Aug record high C =41.6
| Sep record high C =40.0
| Oct record high C =32.6
| Nov record high C =25.0
| Dec record high C =21.4
| year record high C =
|Jan high C=3.4
|Feb high C=7.1
|Mar high C=13.4
|Apr high C=19.2
|May high C=24.1
|Jun high C=29.8
|Jul high C=33.1
|Aug high C=33.3
|Sep high C=28.9
|Oct high C=21.7
|Nov high C=12.8
|Dec high C=5.6

|Jan mean C=-1.5
|Feb mean C=1.5
|Mar mean C=7.3
|Apr mean C=12.9
|May mean C=17.5
|Jun mean C=22.6
|Jul mean C=25.8
|Aug mean C=25.5
|Sep mean C=20.8
|Oct mean C=14.3
|Nov mean C=6.6
|Dec mean C=0.6

|Jan low C=-6.0
|Feb low C=-3.7
|Mar low C=1.2
|Apr low C=6.3
|May low C=10.6
|Jun low C=14.6
|Jul low C=17.8
|Aug low C=17.3
|Sep low C=12.4
|Oct low C=7.2
|Nov low C=1.3
|Dec low C=-3.4
| Jan record low C  =-30.0
| Feb record low C  =-27.0
| Mar record low C  =-20.6
| Apr record low C  =-8.0
| May record low C  =-0.2
| Jun record low C  =3.4
| Jul record low C  =8.0
| Aug record low C  =7.0
| Sep record low C  =2.0
| Oct record low C  =-7.0
| Nov record low C  =-15.7
| Dec record low C  =-25.4
| year record low C =

|precipitation colour=green
|Jan precipitation mm=15.0
|Feb precipitation mm=16.6
|Mar precipitation mm=29.4
|Apr precipitation mm=46.1
|May precipitation mm=47.1
|Jun precipitation mm=23.8
|Jul precipitation mm=9.7
|Aug precipitation mm=6.0
|Sep precipitation mm=10.1
|Oct precipitation mm=19.7
|Nov precipitation mm=25.6
|Dec precipitation mm=18.7
| unit precipitation days =  1.0 mm
| Jan precipitation days  =3.4
| Feb precipitation days  =3.8
| Mar precipitation days  =5.2
| Apr precipitation days  =7.5
| May precipitation days  =8.5
| Jun precipitation days  =4.2
| Jul precipitation days  =1.8
| Aug precipitation days  =1.3
| Sep precipitation days  =1.8
| Oct precipitation days  =3.4
| Nov precipitation days  =4.1
| Dec precipitation days  =4.4
| year precipitation days =
| Jan rain days  =2.1
| Feb rain days  =3.1
| Mar rain days  =7.3
| Apr rain days  =11.6
| May rain days  =10.4
| Jun rain days  =4.8
| Jul rain days  =2.2
| Aug rain days  =2
| Sep rain days  =2.6
| Oct rain days  =5.7
| Nov rain days  =5.7
| Dec rain days  =3.9
| year rain days =
| Jan snow days  =5
| Feb snow days  =5.1
| Mar snow days  =2.9
| Apr snow days  =0.3
| May snow days  =0
| Jun snow days  =0
| Jul snow days  =0
| Aug snow days  =0
| Sep snow days  =0
| Oct snow days  =0.1
| Nov snow days  =1.7
| Dec snow days  =4
| year snow days =

| Jan humidity    =74
| Feb humidity    =66
| Mar humidity    =56
| Apr humidity    =55
| May humidity    =55
| Jun humidity    =47
| Jul humidity    =45
| Aug humidity    =44
| Sep humidity    =48
| Oct humidity    =58
| Nov humidity    =68
| Dec humidity    =76
| year humidity   =
| Jan dew point C =-6.0
| Feb dew point C =-5.0
| Mar dew point C =-2.0
| Apr dew point C =2.7
| May dew point C =7.1
| Jun dew point C =9.4
| Jul dew point C =11.9
| Aug dew point C =11.2
| Sep dew point C =8.0
| Oct dew point C =5.0
| Nov dew point C =0.5
| Dec dew point C =-3.6

| Jan sun  =117
| Feb sun  =146
| Mar sun  =183
| Apr sun  =204
| May sun  =254
| Jun sun  =317
| Jul sun  =344
| Aug sun  =335
| Sep sun  =289
| Oct sun  =224
| Nov sun  =167
| Dec sun  =113
| year sun =

| source 1 = [[NCEI]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/archive/arc0216/0253808/2.2/data/0-data/Region-2-WMO-Normals-9120/Iran/CSV/Khoy_40703.csv |title=World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020: Khoy |access-date=24 April 2024 |website=ncei.noaa.gov |publisher=[[NOAA|National Oceanic and Atmosoheric Administration]] |no-pp=y |format=CSV |quote=WMO number: 40703}}</ref> (snow and sleet days 1981-2010)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/WMO/1981-2010/RA-II/Iran/WMO_Normals_Excel_IRAN_060719.xls |title=World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1981-2010: Khoy |access-date=24 April 2024 |website=ncei.noaa.gov |publisher=[[NOAA|National Oceanic and Atmosoheric Administration]] |page=26 |format=XLS |quote=WMO number: 40703 |archive-date=20 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120051914/https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/WMO/1981-2010/RA-II/Iran/WMO_Normals_Excel_IRAN_060719.xls |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| source 2 = [[Iran Meteorological Organization|IRIMO]](extremes 1959-2010)<ref name=MAX>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chaharmahalmet.ir/stat/archive/iran/azg/KHOY/7.asp |title=Form 7:  TEMPERATURE RECORDS HIGHEST IN C. Station: Khoy(40703) |access-date=4 July 2024 |website=Chaharmahalmet |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819054314/http://www.chaharmahalmet.ir/stat/archive/iran/azg/KHOY/7.asp |archive-date=19 August 2014 |url-status=unfit |publisher=Iran Meteorological Organization |no-pp=y |type=asp}}</ref><ref name=MIN>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chaharmahalmet.ir/stat/archive/iran/azg/KHOY/6.asp |title=Form 6:  TEMPERATURE RECORDS LOWEST IN C. Station: Khoy(40703) |access-date=4 July 2024 |website=Chaharmahalmet |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819214242/http://www.chaharmahalmet.ir/stat/archive/iran/azg/KHOY/6.asp |archive-date=19 August 2014 |url-status=unfit |publisher=Iran Meteorological Organization |no-pp=y |type=asp}}</ref> Meteomanz(since 2021)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.meteomanz.com/sy3?l=1&cou=2060&ind=40703&m1=01&y1=2018&m2=07&y2=2024 |title=KHOY - Weather data by months |access-date=4 July 2024 |website=meteomanz}}</ref>
}}

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==Sights==
Khoy is well known for the [[tomb of Shams Tabrizi]], renowned Iranian poet and mystic.
[[File:Pol havai - railway bridge Khoy.jpg|thumb|''[[Ghotour Bridge]]'' - railway bridge Khoy]]
[[File:Tomb of Shams Tabrizi 9.JPG|thumb|Tomb of Shams Tabrizi 9]]

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File:Khoy city.iran.jpg|
File:Khoy city center in iran country.jpg|city center square
File:Iran bazar khoy.jpg|[[:fa:بازار خوی|Khoy bazaar]]
File:Khaneh_kabiri_khoy4.jpg|historical Kabiri House in Khoy
File:Plane & airport of khoy.JPG|Khoy Airport
Image:Darvazeh sangi khoy.jpg|Stone gate of Khoy
Image:Khaneh kabiri khoy.jpg|''Kabiri House''
Image:Khaneh kabiri khoy2.jpg|''Kabiri House''
Image:Khaneh kabiri khoy3.jpg|''Kabiri House''
Image:Khoybridge.jpg|''[[Ghotour Bridge]]''
Image:Khoybridge2.jpg|''[[Ghotour Bridge]]''
Image:Mahlezan church.jpg|''Mahlezan church''
Image:Serkis Khoy.jpg|''[[Serkis Church|Serkis]]''
Image:Shamseddine tabrizi tower khoy.jpg|''Tomb of Shams Tabrizi''
Image:Shamstower.jpg|''Tomb of Shams Tabrizi''
File:Stone gate of Khoy.JPG|Stone gate of Khoy
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==Notable places==
* Tomb of [[Shams Tabrizi]], Shams Tabrizi Tower
* Bastam and Bolourabad Castles
* Khatoon Bridge
* Old Stone Gate 
* Old Bazaar 
* Motallebkhan Mosque
* [[Mount Avrin]]<!-- Elevation: 3,622 ft.; 38° 33' 17" N 44° 34' 25" E ; In Farsi: کوه اورین -->
* Ghotour Iron Bridge<ref>
{{cite web
 |title       = Ghotour Valley Bridge
 |publisher   = American Bridge Company
 |url         = http://www.americanbridge.net/Experience/experience_detail.php?prj_ab_id=GhotGhot04082004093855700
 |access-date  = 25 March 2013
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20130223020745/http://www.americanbridge.net/Experience/experience_detail.php?prj_ab_id=GhotGhot04082004093855700
 |archive-date = 23 February 2013
}}</ref>
* [[Saint Sarkis Church, Khoy|Surp Sarkis Church]]
* [[Pourya-ye Vali]]

==Notable natives==
''For a complete list see: [[:Category:People from Khoy]]''
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File:Nasreddin (17th-century miniature).jpg|[[Nasreddin|Mullah Nasreddin]], satirical Sufi.
File:JahanShah1.JPG|[[Jahan Shah]], was the leader of the Kara Koyunlu oghuz Turks tribal federation in Azerbaijan and Arran.
File:Jaleh Amouzgar.JPG|[[Jaleh Amouzgar]], is an [[Iranologist]] and a university professor.
File:Behrouz Vossoughi.jpg|[[Behrouz Vossoughi]], is an Iranian actor. 
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==Twin towns==
* {{flagicon|IRN}} [[Neyshabur]], [[Razavi Khorasan Province]] (since 2011)<ref>{{cite web |title=Shahrud and Neyshabur became sister cities |url=https://isna.ir/x9qFJr |publisher=ISNA news |access-date=9 August 2025 |language=Persian}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|IRN}} [[Shiraz]], [[Fars province]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.irna.ir/fa/News/2000620804/ادبیات/شهرهای_شیراز_و_خوی_خواهرخوانده_می_شوند |title=Shiraz and Khoy cities become sisters |accessdate=18 October 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002105729/http://www8.irna.ir/fa/News/2000620804/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA/%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B2_%D9%88_%D8%AE%D9%88%DB%8C_%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87_%D9%85%DB%8C_%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF |archivedate=2 October 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Konya]], [[Turkey]] (since 2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tehrantimes.com/arts-and-culture/3268-rumi-remembered-in-birth-place-of-shams|title=Rumi Remembered in Birthplace of Shams|access-date=21 March 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407030029/http://tehrantimes.com/arts-and-culture/3268-rumi-remembered-in-birth-place-of-shams|archive-date=7 April 2015}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Donboli]] (tribe)
* [[Khoy Khanate]]
* [[Nor Shirakan]]
* [[Zaravand]]

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== Notes ==
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Sources==
* {{cite book|last1=Atabaki|first1=Touraj|author-link1=Touraj Atabaki|title=Iran and the First World War: Battleground of the Great Powers|date=2006|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=978-1860649646|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M3adD9kNH1gC&q=russians+occupy+khoy}}
* {{Encyclopædia Iranica Online|url=https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-iranica-online/khoy-koy-COM_365310|title=Khoy (Ḵoy)|first=Kevin|last=Gledhill|year=2022}}
* {{cite book|last=Manandian|first=Hakop|author-link=Hakob Manandian|editor-first=Nina|editor-last=Garsoïan|editor-link=Nina Garsoïan|url=https://archive.org/details/tradecitiesofarm0000mana|title=The Trade and Cities of Armenia in Relation to Ancient World Trade|publisher=Livraria Bertrand|year=1965}} {{Registration required}}

==External links==
*[http://khoykids.com/ The first portal fun of recreational and cultural city of Khoy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603172151/http://khoykids.com/ |date=3 June 2013 }}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090206045924/http://khoynegar.com/ Official website of Khoyee people's assembly]
*[http://www.khoy-ag.ir/ Khoy government] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117060832/http://www.khoy-ag.ir/ |date=17 November 2017 }}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090722024853/http://www.khoycity.ir/ Khoy Municipality]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110802031544/http://www.nimalc.iran.sc/ Nima Language Center]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090322101536/http://www.avrinkhoy.blogfa.com/ Khoy journal]

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{{West Azerbaijan Province|state=collapsed}}

{{Khoy County|state=collapsed}}

[[Category:Populated places in Khoy County]]

[[Category:Cities in West Azerbaijan province]]
[[Category:Armenian communities in Iran]]