Zeynalu, Urmia

Zeynalu
Persian: زينالو
Village
Zeynalu is located in Iran
Zeynalu
Zeynalu
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 37°37′58″N 45°00′23″E / 37.63278°N 45.00639°E / 37.63278; 45.00639[1]
CountryIran
ProvinceWest Azerbaijan
CountyUrmia
DistrictCentral
Rural DistrictRowzeh Chay
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total
559
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Zeynalu (Persian: زينالو, romanized: Zeynālū;[3] Syriac: Zānālūi)[4][a] is a village in Rowzeh Chay Rural District of the Central District in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.[6]

History

The Church of St Gavrā at Zānālūi is believed to date to between the 4th and 7th century AD.[5] Zānālūi was inhabited by 15 Church of the East Christian families who were served by the Church of Mār Gawrā and 1 priest, according to the Russian archimandrite Sophoniah.[4] There were 16 Church of the East Christian families with 1 church but no priests in 1877, as per Edward Lewes Cutts.[7] It was located in the Anzel District.[4]

A mound of archeological material located in the western part of the village was found to contain material dating to the third millenium BCE, as well as a later occupation layer dated to the Sasanian Period (224 - 651 CE).[8]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 577 in 153 households.[9] The following census in 2011 counted 531 people in 168 households.[10] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 559 people in 170 households.[2]

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Also known as Zaynālū and Zeynānlū.[3][5]

Citations

  1. ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (2 November 2025). "Zeynalu, دهستان روضه چای, بخش مرکزی [Rowzeh Chay Rural District, Central District], Urumia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  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 Zeynalu at GEOnet Names Server
  4. 1 2 3 Wilmshurst (2000), p. 329.
  5. 1 2 Al-Jeloo (2015), p. 18.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ Wilmshurst (2000), p. 331.
  8. ↑ "Zeynalu – Iran Gazetteer". Retrieved 12 August 2026.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ 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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