Khoy (Azerbaijani: Xoy, Persian: خوی) [a] is a city in the Central District of Khoy County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. [6] Occupied since Median times, it shares a long history as an important Christian center.

Khoy, city, northwestern Iran. The city is well laid out, with cool streams and lines of willows along broad, regular streets. There are several mosques, an extensive brick bazaar, a fine caravansary, and gardens. Khoy is a trade centre and has been of considerable strategic importance.

Khoy County (Persian: شهرستان خوی) is in West Azerbaijan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Khoy. [3] Khoy was named in ancient times for the salt mines that made it an important spur of the Silk Route.

Khoy is one of the ancient regions of Iran with a moderate climate. The capital city being Khoy located 807 km. from Tehran. The word Khoy means 'salt', as the primary settlers in this region were the Medes due to the presence of a salt quarry here, called it as such.

Khoy, which seems to have about 3,000 years of history, is the second most important historical city in West Azerbaijan province after the beautiful Urmia. Traders, merchants, and politicians considered Khoy a valuable city because of its location …

Khoy is a city in and the capital of Khoy County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. Khoy is biggest city in the Azerbaijan region that is not capital of Province. Khoy is located north of the province's capital and largest city Urmia, and 807 km north-west to Tehran.

Khoy is a city in the Central District of Khoy County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Occupied since Median times, it shares a long history as an important Christian center.

Khoy (Persian: خوی, Armenian: Հեր, romanized: Her or Խոյ, Azerbaijani: Xoy/خوی, also spelt Khoi or Khvoy, is a city in West Azarbaijan Province, Iran. It is located north of Urmia. The region's economy is based around agriculture, particularly the production of fruit, grain and timber.

Khoy City, for which ancient Pahlavi name is a testimony to its ancient civilization, lies beneath the foot of the Orin Mountains. The name of this mountain is also derived from Pahlavi language and it comes from the word (OR) which is the ancient form of (ABR) in Persian that means cloud.