Gol Pashin (, also
Romanize
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d as Gol Pāshīn; also known as Gol Parchīn) is a village in
Bakeshluchay Rural District
Bakeshluchay Rural District () is in the Central District of Urmia County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran
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, in the
Central District Central District may refer to:
Places
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of
Urmia County
Urmia County () is in West Azerbaijan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Urmia.
Demographics Ethnicity
The county is mainly populated by Azerbaijanis, Persians and Kurds
Kurds (), or the Kurdish people, are an Iranian peopl ...
,
West Azerbaijan Province
West Azerbaijan province () is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, whose capital and largest city is Urmia.
It is in the northwest of the country, bordered by Turkey ( Ağrı, Hakkâri, Iğdır and Van Provinces), Iraq ( Erbil and Sula ...
,
Iran
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. At the 2006 census, its population was 266, in 69 families.
Gol Pashin is an
Assyrian village and has 1 surviving church, although before it was destroyed in 1918 it had many more, and was a much grander and significant town overall.
For the pre
Assyrian genocide
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history of the town, see
Gulpashan.
See also
*
Assyrians in Iran
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List of Assyrian settlements
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References
Populated places in Urmia County
Assyrian communities in Iran
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