Miandoab City, with 1538 square kilometers has covered 4.1 percent of the total area of province and is the 11th city among other cities of the province. It has 2 towns, 2districts, 9 villages and 143 rural districts. Its distance from Urmia (Center of the Province) is 166 kilometers. Miandoab is situated in the southern part of provine and its neighbors are Mahabad, Bukan and Shahindezh. According to the census of 2002, the population of Miandoab is 239,806 accounting for 8.6 percent of province population, 50.2 percent of its population live in urban regions and49.8percent in rural areas. In 1999, this city, compared to the other cities of this province, had the second rank in farming and horticulture, third in cattle and birds, fourth in civil development and rural renovation, fourth in communication, fifth in industries, urban development, social and welfare , sixth in pubic education, and seventh in the physical education and youth affairs.
Around 30552 hectares of the farmlands are urban irrigation agricultural products and 5556 hectares under dry farming. Miandoab has favorable situation in apple production (annual 45338 tons ) and grapes (4236 tons).
Sugar beet is the most important product and around 200 thousand tons of sugar beet are sent to the sugar factories of the province each year. 25.5 percent of the sugar beet of the province is produced in this town.