Khaneshan خانشان | |
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Village | |
| Coordinates: 37°45′40″N45°11′06″E / 37.76111°N 45.18500°E [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.
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]
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]