Balu, West Azerbaijan

Balu
Persian: بالو
Village
Balu is located in Iran
Balu
Balu
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 37°37′54″N 45°02′10″E / 37.63167°N 45.03611°E / 37.63167; 45.03611[1]
CountryIran
ProvinceWest Azerbaijan
CountyUrmia
DistrictCentral
Rural DistrictRowzeh Chay
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total
14,058
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Balu (Persian: بالو, romanized: Balav;[3][a] Syriac: Bālū)[4] is a village in, and the capital of, Rowzeh Chay Rural District in the Central District of Urmia County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.[5]

History

Bālū was inhabited by 30 Church of the East Christian families and was served by the Church of Mār Quriāqōs and 1 priest in 1862, according to the Russian archimandrite Sophoniah.[6] At this time, the priest Paul of Bālū also tended to the smaller villages of Bozlū, Haṣār, Qārāgōz, and Paqabajlūi.[7] There were 38 Church of the East Christian families and 1 church but no priest at Bālū in 1877, as per Edward Lewes Cutts.[8] Basil Nikitin, the Russian consul at Urmia, noted that Bālū was inhabited by Christians and Muslims just before the First World War.[9] It was located in the Anzel district.[4]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 10,524 in 2,274 households.[10] The following census in 2011 counted 12,501 people in 3,200 households.[11] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 14,058 people in 3,639 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.[2]

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Also known as Bálov, Bālū, and Belū.[3]

Citations

  1. ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (28 September 2024). "مرز محله [Merez-e Mahalleh], Balow, دهستان روضه چای, بخش مرکزی [Rowzeh Chay Rural District, Central District], Urumia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  2. 1 2 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان آذربایجان غربی [General Population and Housing Census 2016: West Azerbaijan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. 1 2 Balu at GEOnet Names Server
  4. 1 2 Wilmshurst (2000), p. 328.
  5. ↑ Mousavi, Mir-Hossein (22 April 1987) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1366/02/02 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ایجاد و تشکیل 20 دهستان شامل روستاها، مزارع و مکانهای در شهرستان ارومیه تابع استان آذربایجان غربی [‌Creation and formation of 20 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Urmia County under West Azerbaijan province]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شناسه [ID] 7DD016E4-E840-4986-9FDD-044DD3A0B2EE. شماره دوره [Course number] 66. Archived from the original on 2 November 2025. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  6. ↑ Wilmshurst (2000), p. 329.
  7. ↑ Wilmshurst (2000), p. 330.
  8. ↑ Wilmshurst (2000), p. 331.
  9. ↑ Wilmshurst (2000), pp. 328–329.
  10. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان آذربایجان غربی [General Population and Housing Census 2006: West Azerbaijan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  11. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان آذربایجان غربی [General Population and Housing Census 2011: West Azerbaijan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

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