Sopurghan ( fa, سپورغان, also
Romanize
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d as Sopūrghān; also known as Separghān, Soporghān, and Supurgan) is a village in
Tala Tappeh Rural District,
Nazlu District
Nazlu District ( fa, بخش نازلو) is a district (bakhsh) in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bo ...
,
Urmia County
Urmia County ( fa, شهرستان ارومیه) is located in West Azerbaijan province, Iran
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,
West Azerbaijan Province,
Iran
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. At the 2006 census, its population was 243, in 71 families.
Name
According to
Vladimir Minorsky
Vladimir Fyodorovich Minorsky (russian: Владимир Фёдорович Минорский; – March 25, 1966) was a Russian Orientalist best known for his contributions to the study of Persian, Lurish and Kurdish history, geography, ...
, the name of this village is derived from the
Mongolian word
suburghan', meaning a
stupa.
History
The earliest mention of Sopurghan is found in a letter to Pope Pius IV in 1562. The village is mentioned again in a manuscript donated to a church in Jerusalem in 1612.
Evidence from tombstones in the village cemetery show
Assyrian
Assyrian may refer to:
* Assyrian people, the indigenous ethnic group of Mesopotamia.
* Assyria, a major Mesopotamian kingdom and empire.
** Early Assyrian Period
** Old Assyrian Period
** Middle Assyrian Empire
** Neo-Assyrian Empire
* Assyrian ...
presence in the village as early as 668 AD. In 1840, American Protestant missionaries built a primary school in the region. In 1862, a Russian survey showed 172 families and 2 priests living in the village. In 1883, a missionary established girls' school in the village, and in 1887, and
Anglican mission established a Middle School for boys below 17.
Location
Sopurghan is located 26 kilometres northeast of the city of
Urmia
Urmia or Orumiyeh ( fa, ارومیه, Variously transliterated as ''Oroumieh'', ''Oroumiyeh'', ''Orūmīyeh'' and ''Urūmiyeh''.) is the largest city in West Azerbaijan Province of Iran and the capital of Urmia County. It is situated at an al ...
and 2 kilometres from the edge of
Lake Urmia
Lake Urmia;
az, اۇرمۇ گؤلۆ, script=Arab, italic=no, Urmu gölü;
ku, گۆلائوو رمیەیێ, Gola Ûrmiyeyê;
hy, Ուրմիա լիճ, Urmia lich;
arc, ܝܡܬܐ ܕܐܘܪܡܝܐ is an endorheic salt lake in Iran. The lake is l ...
.
References
Populated places in Urmia County
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