Gardabad
Gardabad
Persian: گردآباد | |
|---|---|
Village | |
![]() Gardabad Location within Iran | |
| Coordinates: 37°38′19″N 45°03′07″E / 37.63861°N 45.05194°E[1] | |
| Country | Iran |
| Province | West Azerbaijan |
| County | Urmia |
| District | Central |
| Rural District | Nazluy-e Jonubi |
| Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 417 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
Gardabad (Persian: گرداباد, romanized: Gardābād;[3] Syriac: Gardābād)[4][a] is a village in Nazluy-e Jonubi Rural District of the Central District in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.[6] The village has at least one Armenian church.[7]
History
Basil Nikitin, the Russian consul at Urmia, noted that Gardābād was entirely populated by Christians just before the First World War.[4] Prior to the First World War, there were 100 Assyrian houses at Gardābād, as per the list presented by Agha Petros to the Lausanne Peace Conference in 1922.[8] It was located in the Anzel District.[4]
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 537 in 127 households.[9] The following census in 2011 counted 332 people in 85 households.[10] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 417 people in 127 households.[2]
Notable people
- Hovhannes Badalyan (1924–2001), Armenian singer
References
Notes
Citations
- ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (2 November 2025). "Bozlu, Asgarabad Tappeh, دهستان نازلوی جنوبی, بخش مرکزی [Nazluy-e Jonubi Rural District, Central District], Urumia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 2 November 2025.
- 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.
- 1 2 Gardabad at GEOnet Names Server
- 1 2 3 Wilmshurst (2000), p. 328.
- ↑ Gaunt (2006), p. 417; Amurian & Kasheff (1986).
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Amurian & Kasheff (1986).
- ↑ Gaunt (2006), p. 417.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
Bibliography
- Amurian, Andre; Kasheff, Manouchehr (1986). "ARMENIANS OF MODERN IRAN". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica (Online ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica Foundation. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
- Gaunt, David (2006). Massacres, Resistance, Protectors: Muslim-Christian Relations in Eastern Anatolia during World War I. Gorgias Press. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- Wilmshurst, David (2000). The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913 (PDF). Peeters Publishers. Retrieved 30 October 2024.

