Bukan (; Kurdish:بۆکان; also Romanized as Būkān, 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. Bukan is located south of Lake Urmia about 1,300 metres above sea level (...) (from Wikipedia)