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Gangachin
Persian: گنگچين
Village
Gangachin is located in Iran
Gangachin
Gangachin
Coordinates: 37°45′20″N 44°39′23″E / 37.75556°N 44.65639°E / 37.75556; 44.65639[1]
CountryIran
ProvinceWest Azerbaijan
CountyUrmia
DistrictSumay-ye Beradust
Rural DistrictBeradust
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total
2,488
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Gangachin (Persian: گنگچين, romanized: Gangachīn;[3] Syriac: Gangājīn)[4][a] is a village in Beradust Rural District of Sumay-ye Beradust District in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.[6]

History

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Gangājīn was inhabited by 10 Church of the East Christian families and did not have a church in 1877, as per Edward Lewes Cutts.[4] It was located in the Tergāwār district.[7] Prior to the First World War, there were 250 Assyrian houses at Gangājīn, as per the list presented by Agha Petros to the Lausanne Peace Conference in 1922.[8]

Demographics

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Population

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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 2,682 in 472 households.[9] The following census in 2011 counted 2,458 people in 566 households.[10] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 2,488 people in 546 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.[2]

References

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Notes

  1. ↑ Also known as Djandjatchin, Gangechīn, and Gengatchin.[3][5]

Citations

  1. ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (28 September 2024). "Gangachin, دهستان برادوست, بخش صومای برادوست [Beradust Rural District, Sumay-ye Beradust District], Urumia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  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. 1 2 Gangachin at GEOnet Names Server
  4. 1 2 Wilmshurst (2000), p. 307.
  5. ↑ Gaunt (2006), p. 417; Hellot-Bellier (2017), p. 86.
  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. 785.
  8. ↑ Gaunt (2006), p. 417.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ 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.

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