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

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

[5] At the time of the 2006 National Census, the district's population was 20,621 in 5,466 households.

[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the district as 21,378 inhabitants in 6,738 households.

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