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Tasmalu
طسمالو | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Tasmalu | |
| Coordinates: 37°30′35″N 45°10′49″E / 37.50972°N 45.18028°E | |
| Country |  Iran |
| Province | West Azerbaijan |
| County | Urmia |
| Bakhsh | Central |
| Rural District | Torkaman |
| Population (2006) | |
• Total | 322 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+4:30 (IRDT) |
Tasmalu (Persian: طسمالو, romanized: Ţasmālū';[1] Syriac: Tasmālūi)[2] is a village in Torkaman Rural District, in the Central District of Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 322, in 91 families.[3]
History
[edit]Tasmālūi (today called Tasmalu) was inhabited by 18 Church of the East Christian families with no church or priest in 1877, as per Edward Lewes Cutts.[2] Basil Nikitin recorded that the village was populated by Christians and Muslims just before the First World War.[4] It was located in the Baranduz District.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Tasmalu at GEOnet Names Server
- 1 2 3 Wilmshurst (2000), p. 336.
- ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 20 September 2011.
- ↑ Wilmshurst (2000), p. 333.
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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