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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