Anbi

Anbi
Persian: انبي
Village
Anbi is located in Iran
Anbi
Anbi
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 37°30′58″N 44°45′57″E / 37.51611°N 44.76583°E / 37.51611; 44.76583
CountryIran
ProvinceWest Azerbaijan
CountyUrmia
DistrictSilvaneh
Rural DistrictTargavar
Population
 (2016)
 • Total
1,254
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Anbi (Persian: انبي, romanized: Anbī; Syriac: ʿAnbi) is a village in Targavar Rural District of Silvaneh District in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.

History

ʿAnbi was inhabited by 30 Church of the East Christian families with 2 churches in 1877, as per Edward Lewes Cutts. The priest David, son of the deacon Yaʿqōb, of ʿAnbi copied 7 manuscripts at Sīre and 1 manuscript at Ḥaydarlūi between 1881 and 1899. It was located in the Tergāwār district.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 1,066 in 185 households. The following census in 2011 counted 1,302 people in 263 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 1,254 people in 294 households.

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Also known as Ābnī and Ambi.

Citations

  1. ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (4 November 2025). "Anbi, دهستان ترگور, بخش سیلوانه [Targavar Rural District, Silvaneh 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. 1 2 Anbi at GEOnet Names Server
  4. 1 2 Wilmshurst (2000), p. 307.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. 1 2 Wilmshurst (2000), p. 339.
  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.

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