{"id":7740,"date":"2009-03-07T09:55:43","date_gmt":"2009-03-07T09:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/i\/?p=7740"},"modified":"2015-03-05T09:58:34","modified_gmt":"2015-03-05T09:58:34","slug":"urmia-or-orumieh-%d8%a7%d8%b1%d9%88%d9%85%db%8c%d9%87","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/i\/urmia-or-orumieh-%d8%a7%d8%b1%d9%88%d9%85%db%8c%d9%87\/","title":{"rendered":"Urmia or Orumieh \u0627\u0631\u0648\u0645\u06cc\u0647"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\nUrmia or Orumieh (Persian: <strong>\u0627\u0631\u0648\u0645\u06cc\u0647<\/strong>, Orumieh; during the majority of the Pahlavi Dynasty (1925\u20131979) called Persian: \u0631\u0636\u0627\u0626\u06cc\u0647, Rezaiyeh), (37\u00b032\u203258\u2033N 45\u00b04\u203211\u2033E) is the capital of the West Azerbaijan Province, a district and a city located in northwestern Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/images\/map\/Iran- Urmia-Orumieh-Map.png\" alt=\"Iran - Urmia Orumieh Map\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is situated on the western side of Lake Urmia near the Turkish border with population in 2006 around 577,307.<br \/>\nThe name Urmia is thought to have come from Sumerian tongue, the earliest known civilization in the world located in southern Mesopotamia. Ur was a principle Sumerian city. Some believe the name is derived from Syriac.<br \/>\nUr, meaning &#8220;cradle,&#8221; and mia, meaning &#8220;water.&#8221; Hence, Urmia, situated by a lake and surrounded by rivers, would be the cradle of water.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/images\/cities\/Urmia-city.jpg\" alt=\"Iran - Urmia city\" width=\"430\" height=\"320\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Urmia (Orumieh) city<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Azerbaijanis and Kurds are the two main ethnic groups in the city (over 95%) followed by Assyrian and Armenian minorities.<br \/>\nThe city has been home to various ethnic groups during its long history. For this reason, the demographics of the city have undergone numerous changes.<br \/>\nSome historical documents show that at the beginning of the 20th century, the city&#8217;s population had a significant Christian minority (Assyrians and Armenians).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iranmap.com\/images\/cities\/lakeUrmia.jpg\" alt=\"Iran - lake Urmia\" width=\"458\" height=\"343\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Lake Urmia<\/em><\/p>\n<p>According to Macuch, and Ishaya, the city was the spiritual capital of the Assyrians from 1830 to the end of World War I by the influence of four Christian missions. Some of the Assyrians and Armenians left the region in 1914 after battles between the Russian and Ottoman armies which led to a shift in the city&#8217;s demographics. During the era of Reza Shah Pahlavi, Iranian Assyrians were invited to return to the region and several thousand did return.<\/p>\n<p>Urmia, according to some historians, is believed to be the birthplace of the prophet Zarathustra, the founder of Zoroastrianism.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Urmia or Orumieh (Persian: \u0627\u0631\u0648\u0645\u06cc\u0647, Orumieh; during the majority of the Pahlavi Dynasty (1925\u20131979) called Persian: \u0631\u0636\u0627\u0626\u06cc\u0647, Rezaiyeh), (37\u00b032\u203258\u2033N 45\u00b04\u203211\u2033E) is the capital of the West Azerbaijan Province, a district and a city located in northwestern Iran. 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