Editing Poldasht (section)

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

{{for-multi|the administrative division of West Azerbaijan province|Poldasht County|the former administrative division of Maku County|Poldasht District|the city in Tehran province|Pakdasht}}

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'''Poldasht''' ({{langx|fa|پلدشت}}){{efn|Also [[romanize]]d as '''Pol Dasht''', '''Pol’desht''', and '''Pol-e Dasht'''; also known as '''Araplar''' and '''Pul Dasht'''; and [[Azerbaijani language|Azerbaijani]]: '''Daş Körpü'''<ref>{{GEOnet3|-3078448}}</ref>}} is a city in the [[Central District (Poldasht County)|Central District]] of [[Poldasht County]] in [[Iran]]'s [[West Azerbaijan province|West Azerbaijan]] province, serving as capital of both the county and the district.<ref name="Chaypareh, Poldasht, and Showt Counties Establishment">{{cite report|title=Approval letter regarding reforms of national divisions in West Azerbaijan province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/134945|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413002459/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/134945|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board|last=Davodi|first=Parviz|archive-date=13 April 2014|orig-date=Approved 18 September 1386|date=24 January 1393|id=Proposal 138613/42/4/1; Notification 156165/T32690K|access-date=21 November 2023}}</ref> The city lies on the western bank of the [[Aras River]]. 

Poldasht is a Persian word meaning ''[[arable land]] by the bridge''. The city is situated near the [[Azerbaijan–Iran border|border]] crossing with the [[Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic]] of [[Azerbaijan]]. Across the [[Poldasht-Shah Takhti Bridge]] over the Aras is the Azerbaijani village of [[Şahtaxtı]]. It is one of the two Iran-Nakhchivan border crossings; the other is located near the city of [[Jolfa, Iran (city)|Jolfa]] in [[East Azerbaijan province]]. Also adjacent to Poldasht is the [[Aras River Dam]].