Balanej

Balanej
Persian: بالانج
Village
The village of Balanej
The village of Balanej
Balanej is located in Iran
Balanej
Balanej
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 37°23′48″N 45°09′50″E / 37.39667°N 45.16389°E / 37.39667; 45.16389
CountryIran
ProvinceWest Azerbaijan
CountyUrmia
DistrictCentral
Rural DistrictBaranduzchay-ye Jonubi
Population
 (2016)
 • Total
3,023
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Balanej (Persian: بالانج, romanized: Bālānaj; Syriac: Bālānōsh) is a village in, and the capital of, Baranduzchay-ye Jonubi Rural District in the Central District of Urmia County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.

History

Bālānōsh was inhabited by 37 Church of the East Christian families with no priest or church in 1877, as per Edward Lewes Cutts. Basil Nikitin, the Russian consul at Urmia, recorded that the village was populated by Christians and Muslims just before the First World War. It was located in the Baranduz district.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 2,189 in 506 households. The following census in 2011 counted 2,407 people in 629 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 3,023 people in 797 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Also known as Bālānej, Balānej, and Bālānj.

Citations

  1. ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (28 September 2024). "Fuladlu, Bozorgabad, دهستان باراندوزچای جنوبی, بخش مرکزی [Baranduzchay-ye Jonubi Rural District, Central District], Urumia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  2. ↑ "95W7+MH6 Balanej, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  3. 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.
  4. 1 2 Balanej at GEOnet Names Server
  5. 1 2 Wilmshurst (2000), p. 333.
  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. 1 2 Wilmshurst (2000), p. 336.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ 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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