Sufian 苏菲安
Sufian (Persian:صوفيان; also Romanized as Şufīān, Soofian, Şowfyān, and Sūfīyān) is a city in and the capital of Sufian District, in Shabestar County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 8,733, in 2,427 families. There is a major cement factory operated by the Sufian Cement Company to the southeast of the city. The city has at least 5 mosques, 4 of them in close proximity in the city centre.