Sarnaq (; in ),
or Sarna (سارنا), is a village in
Zulachay Rural District
Zulachay Rural District () is in the Central District of Salmas County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Malham.
Demographics Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population wa ...
, in the
Central District of
Salmas County
Salmas County () is in West Azerbaijan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Salmas.
Demographics Ethnicity
The county is populated largely by Kurds and a smaller minority of Azerbaijanis. Also a few hundred Assyrians live in the dis ...
,
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
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
.
As of 1930, the village had a population of around 180.
[Berberian, M. and J.S.
Tchalenko. ]
Field study and document of the 1930 Salmas (Shahpur - Azerbaijan) earthquake
', published in ''Geol. Surv. Iran'', 39, 271-342, 1976 At the 2006 census, its population was 914, in 223 families.
The population is mainly
Azeri Azeri or Azeri Turk may refer to:
* Azeri people, an ethnic group also known as Azerbaijanis
* Citizens of Azerbaijan
* Azeri language, the modern-day Turkic language
* Old Azeri, an extinct Iranian language
* Azeri Turk (journal), Academic jour ...
.
Sarnaq was badly damaged in the
1930 Salmas earthquake
The 1930 Salmas earthquake occurred on in West Azerbaijan province, Iran. The earthquake, which was among Iran's largest, measured 7.1 on the moment magnitude scale and had a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''). A damaging foreshock ...
. The three churches of the village were damaged.
Sourp Asdvadzadzin, an
Armenian
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* Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent
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masonry church built in 1625, lost one of its walls. Mar Khinah church (built with sun dried bricks) was lost all of its outer walls, but was rebuilt. S. Hovanes was destroyed and never rebuilt.
References
Populated places in Salmas County
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