Tazeh Kand, Urmia

Tazeh Kand
تازه كند
Village
Tazeh Kand is located in Iran
Tazeh Kand
Tazeh Kand
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 37°26′13″N 45°14′52″E / 37.43694°N 45.24778°E / 37.43694; 45.24778
Country Iran
ProvinceWest Azerbaijan
CountyUrmia
BakhshCentral
Rural DistrictTorkaman
Population
 (2006)
 • Total
365
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

Tazeh Kand (Persian: تازه كند, romanized: Tāzeh Kand, also known as Tāzeh Kand-e Emām;[1] Syriac: Tāzākand)[2] is a village in Torkaman Rural District, in the Central District of Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 365, in 94 families.[3]

History

Tāzākand (today called Tazeh Kand) was inhabited by 7 Church of the East Christian families in 1877 with no priest or church, according to Edward Lewes Cutts.[2] It was located in the Baranduz District.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Tazeh Kand at GEOnet Names Server
  2. 1 2 3 Wilmshurst (2000), p. 336.
  3. ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 20 September 2011.

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