Samalqan County (Persian: شهرستان سملقان)[a] is in North Khorasan province, Iran.

[4] In 2013, two villages merged to form the new city of Ava.

[3] At the time of the 2006 National Census, the county's population was 91,884 in 23,040 households.

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

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