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Shirabad, West Azerbaijan

Shirabad (Persian: شيراباد, Syriac: ܫܝܪܐܒܕ, also Romanized as Shīrābād)[1] is a village in Nazlu-e Shomali Rural District, Nazlu District, Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. The village's name means "place of lions." At the 2006 census, its population was 143, in 40 families.[2]

Shirabad
شيراباد
village
Shirabad
Coordinates: 37°45′09″N 45°09′00″E / 37.75250°N 45.15000°E / 37.75250; 45.15000
Country Iran
ProvinceWest Azerbaijan
CountyUrmia
BakhshNazlu
Rural DistrictNazlu-e Shomali
Population
 (2006)
 • Total143
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

The village was exclusively inhabited by Assyrians until the Assyrian genocide. As of 2012, only two Assyrian families remain in the village. Shirabad had four churches, and only two are still in use, one of which is the Church of Mar Talya.[3]

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References edit

  1. ^ Shirabad can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3813581" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  2. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. from the original on 2011-09-20.
  3. ^ "Shirabad village". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-05.


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