Khaneshan

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Khaneshan
خانشان
Village
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Khaneshan
Coordinates: 37°45′40″N45°11′06″E / 37.76111°N 45.18500°E / 37.76111; 45.18500 [1]
Country Iran
Province West Azerbaijan
County Urmia
District Nazlu
Rural District Tala Tappeh
Population
 (2016) [2]
  Total
295
Time zone UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Khaneshan (Persian : خانشان) [a] is a village in Tala Tappeh Rural District [6] of Nazlu District in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.

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Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 448 in 129 households. [7] The following census in 2011 counted 349 people in 111 households. [8] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 295 people in 89 households. [2]

History

In 1862, Khaneshan with Sopurghan had a combined population of 172 Church of the East families and was served by two priests and the Church of Mār Giwārgīs. [9] Khaneshan was made part of the new Church of the East diocese of Sopurghan in 1874. [5] There were 40 Church of the East families at Khaneshan in 1877 with no priests or churches. [10] The village had a mixed population of Christians and Muslims prior to the First World War, according to the list prepared by Basil Nikitin, the Russian consul at Urmia. [11] Amidst the Sayfo, the village's Christian population, then consisting of fifty Armenian and Assyrian households, was slaughtered by Turks with no survivors. [12]

See also

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Notes

  1. Also romanized as Khān-e Shān and Khāneshān; also known as Khānīshān, [3] also romanized as Ḵānīšān; [4] Syriac: Ḥānīshān [5]

References

  1. OpenStreetMap contributors (4 November 2025). "Khaneshan, دهستان نازلوشمالی, بخش نازلو [Tala Tappeh Rural District, Nazlu District], Urumia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 4 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. Khaneshan can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3070624" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  4. Malick (2016).
  5. 1 2 Wilmshurst (2000), p. 314.
  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. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. Wilmshurst (2000), p. 329.
  10. Wilmshurst (2000), p. 331.
  11. Wilmshurst (2000), pp. 328–329.
  12. Travis (2018), p. 147.

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