Bukan (Persian: بوكان; Kurdish:بۆکان; also Romanized as Būkān, Bokan, and Bowkān) is a city in and the capital of Bukan County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 149,340, in 32,488 families. As of 2012, its population was estimated to be near228.000.