Jamalabad, Urmia

For other places with the same name, see Jamalabad.

Jamalabad Persian: جمال اباد
Village
Jamalabad
Coordinates: 37°58′15″N45°00′23″E / 37.97083°N 45.00639°E / 37.97083; 45.00639 [1]
Country	Iran
Province	West Azerbaijan
County	Urmia
District	Anzal
Rural District	Anzal-e Shomali
Population  (2016) [2]
• Total	158
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Jamalabad (Persian : جمال اباد) ^[a] is a village in Anzal-e Shomali Rural District ^[6] of Anzal District in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.

History

In 1831, Yoḥannan, Church of the East bishop of Anzel, resided at Jamalabad instead of Gavlan, which had customarily been the residence of the bishop of Anzel. ^[4] There were 33 Church of the East families who were served by one priest and the Church of Mār Yōḥannān at Jamalabad in 1862. ^[7] By 1877, the village was inhabited by 15 Church of the East families and with no priests and one functioning church. ^[8] Jamalabad was attacked by Kurds in May and June 1908, at which time a small unit of Iranian troops was stationed there. ^[9] In 1914, the village was populated by 300 Assyrians households. ^[5] It had a mixed population of Christians and Muslims. ^[10]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 209 in 67 households. ^[11] The following census in 2011 counted 213 people in 72 households. ^[12] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 158 people in 60 households. ^[2]

See also

Iranportal

Notes

1. Also romanized as Jamālābād; also known as Jamlav and Sūlīng; ^[3] Syriac: Jāmālābād; ^[4] also romanized as Djamalawa ^[5]

References

1. OpenStreetMap contributors (3 November 2025). "Jamalabad, دهستان انزل شمالی, بخش انزل [Anzal-e Shomali Rural District, Anzal District], Urumia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 3 November 2025.
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. Jamalabad can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3067648" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
4. Wilmshurst (2000), p. 319.
5. Gaunt (2006), p. 417.
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. 329.
8. Wilmshurst (2000), p. 331.
9. Hellot-Bellier (2017), p. 91.
10. Wilmshurst (2000), pp. 328–329.
11. 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.
12. 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

• Gaunt, David (2006). Massacres, Resistance, Protectors: Muslim-Christian Relations in Eastern Anatolia during World War I. Gorgias Press. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
• Hellot-Bellier, Florence (2017). "The Resistance of Urmia Assyrians to Violence at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century". In David Gaunt; Naures Atto; Soner O. Barthoma (eds.). Let Them Not Return: Sayfo – The Genocide against the Assyrian, Syriac and Chaldean Christians in the Ottoman Empire (PDF). pp. 70–99. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
• Wilmshurst, David (2000). The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913 (PDF). Peeters Publishers. Retrieved 30 October 2024.