Burashan

Burashan
بوراشان
Village
Burashan is located in Iran
Burashan
Burashan
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 37°34′40″N 45°08′44″E / 37.57778°N 45.14556°E / 37.57778; 45.14556
Country Iran
ProvinceWest Azerbaijan
CountyUrmia
BakhshCentral
Rural DistrictBakeshluchay
Population
 (2006)
 • Total
124
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

Burashan (Persian: بوراشان, romanized: Būrāshān; Turkish: Borāshān) is a village in Bakeshluchay Rural District, in the Central District of Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 124, in 35 families.

History

In 1877, Būrāshān was inhabited by 14 Church of the East Christian families and did not have a church or a priest. It was located in the Baranduz district. Prior to the First World War, there were 50 Assyrian houses at Būrāshān, as per the list presented by Agha Petros to the Lausanne Peace Conference in 1922.

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Also known as Borachon.

Citations

  1. ↑ Burashan at GEOnet Names Server
  2. 1 2 Gaunt (2006), p. 417.
  3. ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 20 September 2011.
  4. 1 2 Wilmshurst (2000), p. 336.

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