Balanej
Balanej
Persian: بالانج | |
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Village | |
 The village of Balanej | |
  Balanej | |
| Coordinates: 37°23′48″N 45°09′50″E / 37.39667°N 45.16389°E[1][2] | |
| Country | Iran |
| Province | West Azerbaijan |
| County | Urmia |
| District | Central |
| Rural District | Baranduzchay-ye Jonubi |
| Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 3,023 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
Balanej (Persian: بالانج, romanized: Bālānaj;[4] Syriac: Bālānōsh)[5][a] is a village in, and the capital of, Baranduzchay-ye Jonubi Rural District in the Central District of Urmia County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.[6]
History
[edit]Bālānōsh was inhabited by 37 Church of the East Christian families with no priest or church in 1877, as per Edward Lewes Cutts.[7] Basil Nikitin, the Russian consul at Urmia, recorded that the village was populated by Christians and Muslims just before the First World War.[5] It was located in the Baranduz district.[7]
Demographics
[edit]Population
[edit]At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 2,189 in 506 households.[8] The following census in 2011 counted 2,407 people in 629 households.[9] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 3,023 people in 797 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.[3]
References
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Citations
- ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (28 September 2024). "Fuladlu, Bozorgabad, دهستان باراندوزچای جنوبی, بخش مرکزی [Baranduzchay-ye Jonubi Rural District, Central District], Urumia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 28 September 2024.
- ↑ "95W7+MH6 Balanej, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
- 1 2 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان آذربایجان غربی [General Population and Housing Census 2016: West Azerbaijan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- 1 2 Balanej at GEOnet Names Server
- 1 2 Wilmshurst (2000), p. 333.
- ↑ Mousavi, Mir-Hossein (22 April 1987) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1366/02/02 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ایجاد و تشکیل 20 دهستان شامل روستاها، مزارع و مکانهای در شهرستان ارومیه تابع استان آذربایجان غربی [Creation and formation of 20 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Urmia County under West Azerbaijan province]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شناسه [ID] 7DD016E4-E840-4986-9FDD-044DD3A0B2EE. شماره دوره [Course number] 66. Archived from the original on 2 November 2025. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
- 1 2 Wilmshurst (2000), p. 336.
- ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان آذربایجان غربی [General Population and Housing Census 2006: West Azerbaijan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان آذربایجان غربی [General Population and Housing Census 2011: West Azerbaijan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
Bibliography
[edit]- Wilmshurst, David (2000). The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913 (PDF). Peeters Publishers. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
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