Bukan (Persian:بوکان‎‎; Kurdish: بۆکان; also Romanized as Bukān, Bokān, Bokan, and Bowkān) is a city in and the capital of Bukan County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 149,340, in 32,488 families. As of 2012, its population was estimated to be near 171,773 in 43,543 families. Bukan, is one of these fourteen towns of west Azerbaijan province. Bukan is the fourth most populous city of the province, with an estimated population of 224670 people. Its distance from the province′s capital is 226 kilometres. Seventy-five percent of the population is settled in the urban↵area, while 25% live in the rural area (Iran 2012 Census). This population is almost a homogeneous Kurdish-speaking. community.