Germi County (Persian: شهرستان گرمی)[a] is in the northern part of Ardabil province, Iran.

The earliest book or document written about this area dates back to year 22 Hijri (about 671 AD in the Gregorian calendar) when Arab soldiers entered the Aran (or Alan) region.

Words such as Alania, Allan-shahr, Alan-shahr, and Alan-shah had been used initially during the first century AD, for this district was located between Azerbaijan, Shirvan, the Caspian Sea and Armenia.

There are two theories that believe Germi is the combination of two words: Ger and mi, but there are different interpretations.

There are several stunning works from this era, such as daughter-castle in the north of the county, Langan Qantas, Barzand Castle.

Due to the long period of wars, there were not any sign of progress, buildings, or outstanding monuments.

That was the castle of Afshin who battled with Babak Khorramdin in an earlier century of Islamic history.

Ignoring the three earlier historical periods, Germi city is relatively new by Iranian standards; it was established around the year 900 of the Islamic calendar when Shah Ismael allowed five Shia families to migrate to this region.

[2] Germi County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.

[12] The range of lands and forests of the county are populated with different types of plants, trees and shrubs among the varieties of elm, oak, figs, mountain plums, hawthorn, apple, barberry, raspberries, sweetbrier, tamarisk, pine species and a variety of medicinal plants such as licorice, Styphnolobium japonicum, Malva sylvestris, spearmint, Echium, chamomile, yarrow, saffron Mountain, wilted sorrel, Rumex crispus, wild rue, Sorrel, Mountain tea and some other plants.

Iran passing through the counties of Ardabil, Meshkin-Shahr, Germi and Bilesuvar and joining several rivers along the route.

[15][circular reference] While trade was the most important reason for the emergence and development of the city of Germi, The economy of the Germi region is primarily based on agriculture and animal husbandry, then public services, government services and commerce.

All of the above-mentioned conditions allow farmers to reach sufficient yields while growing cereals.

The main garden product of Germi is nectarine, which exceeds 2,500 metric tons of yield per year.