Sharafkhaneh

Sharafkhaneh شرفخانه
city
Sunset in drying Urmia Lake at Sharafkhaneh shore line.
Sharafkhaneh
Coordinates: 38°10′18″N 45°28′55″E / 38.17167°N 45.48194°E / 38.17167; 45.48194Coordinates: 38°10′18″N 45°28′55″E / 38.17167°N 45.48194°E / 38.17167; 45.48194
Country	Iran
Province	East Azerbaijan
County	Shabestar
Bakhsh	Central
Population (2011)
• Total	3,585
Time zone	IRST (UTC+3:30)
• Summer (DST)	IRDT (UTC+4:30)

Sharafkhaneh (Persian: شرفخانه‎‎; also Romanized as Sharafkhāneh, Sharifkhane, Sharifkhaneh, and Sheraf-Khane; also known as Bandar-e Sharafkhāneh) is a city in the Central District of Shabestar County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. Sharafkhaneh is situated on Lake Urmia. At the 2011 census, its population was 3,585, in 1,133 families.

Sharafkhaneh is a gardening city, and used to have an active tourism industry before Lake Urmia began to dry up.