Urmia County

Urmia County (Persian: شهرستان ارومیه‎‎) is a county in West Azerbaijan Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Urmia. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 856,914, in 215,342 families. The county has five cities: Urmia, Qushchi, Silvaneh, Serow, and Nushin.

Administrative divisions

Urmia County is divided into five districts:

Urmia

Urmia (pronounced [oɾumiˈje]) (Azerbaijani: Urmu, Urmiyə, Persian: ارومیه‎‎, Kurdish: Wirmê - ورمێ‎, Armenian: Ուրմիա, Aramaic: ܐܘܪܡܝܐ‎,) is the second largest city in the Azerbaijan of Iran and the capital of West Azerbaijan Province. Urmia is situated at an altitude of 1,330 m above sea level, and is located along the Shahar Chay river (City River) on the Urmia Plain. Lake Urmia, one of the world's largest salt lakes, lies to the east of the city and the mountainous Turkish border area lies to the west.

Urmia is the 10th most populated city in Iran. At the 2012 census, its population was 667,499 with 197,749 households. The city's inhabitants are predominantly Iranian Azerbaijanis who speak the Azerbaijani language,. There are also minorities of Kurds, Assyrians, and Armenians. The city is the trading center for a fertile agricultural region where fruits (especially apples and grapes) and tobacco are grown.

An important town by the 9th century, Urmia was seized by the Seljuk Turks (1084), and later occupied a number of times by the Ottoman Turks. For centuries the city has had a diverse population which has at times included Muslims (Shias and Sunnis), Christians (Catholics, Protestants, Nestorians, and Orthodox), Jews, Bahá'ís and Sufis. Around 1900, Christians made up more than 40% of the city's population, however, most of the Christians fled in 1918 as a result of the Persian Campaign during World War I and the Armenian and Assyrian Genocides.

Urmia (disambiguation)

Urmia is a city in and the capital of West Azerbaijan Province, Iran, but may also refer to one of these:

Urmia (electoral district)

Urmia (electoral district) is a biggest electoral district in the West Azerbaijan Province. this electoral district have 936,738 population and elects 3 members of parliament.

1980

MPs in 1980 from the electorate of Urmia. (1st)

1984

MPs in 1984 from the electorate of Urmia. (2nd)

1988

MPs in 1988 from the electorate of Urmia. (3rd)

1992

MPs in 1992 from the electorate of Urmia. (4th)

1996

MPs in 1996 from the electorate of Urmia. (5th)

2000

MPs in 2000 from the electorate of Urmia. (6th)

2004

MPs in 2004 from the electorate of Urmia. (7th)