Sam Salu
Sam Salu
سامسالو | |
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Village | |
  Sam Salu Location within Iran | |
| Coordinates: 37°37′55″N 45°05′29″E / 37.63194°N 45.09139°E | |
| Country |  Iran |
| Province | West Azerbaijan |
| County | Urmia |
| Bakhsh | Central |
| Rural District | Nazluy-ye Jonubi |
| Population (2006) | |
• Total | 47 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+4:30 (IRDT) |
Sam Salu (Persian: سامسالو, romanized: Sām Sālū;[1] Syriac: Samsalūi)[2][a] is a village in Nazluy-ye Jonubi Rural District in the Central District of Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census its population was 47 in 12 families.[3]
History
[edit]Samsalūi (today called Sam Salu) was inhabited by 15 Church of the East Christian families and did not have a church or a priest in 1862, according to the Russian archimandrite Sophoniah.[2] It was located in the Anzel district.[2]
References
[edit]Notes
Citations
- 1 2 Sam Salu at GEOnet Names Server
- 1 2 3 Wilmshurst (2000), p. 329.
- ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 20 September 2011.
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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