Sufian

Sufiyan (Persian: صوفيان; also Romanized as Şufīyān, Soofiyan, Şowfyān, and Sūfīyān) is a city and capital of Sufiyan District, in Shabestar County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 8,733, in 2,427 families. There is a major cement factory operated by the Sufiyan Cement Company to the southeast of the city. The city has at least 5 mosques, 4 of them in close proximity in the city centre.