Kavsi

Kavsi
Persian: كوسي
Village
Kavsi is located in Iran
Kavsi
Kavsi
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 37°40′37″N 45°00′04″E / 37.67694°N 45.00111°E / 37.67694; 45.00111
CountryIran
ProvinceWest Azerbaijan
CountyUrmia
DistrictNazlu
Rural DistrictNazluchay
Population
 (2016)
 • Total
706
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Kavsi (Persian: كوسي, romanized: Kavsī; Syriac: Kūsi) is a village in Nazluchay Rural District of Nazlu District in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.

History

The priest Yōḥannān of Kūsi helped the American mission with translation work from the early 1830s until his death in 1845. Kūsi was inhabited by 50 Church of the East Christian families and was served by the Church of Mart Maryam and 1 priest in 1862, according to the Russian archimandrite Sophoniah. There were 38 Church of the East Christian families and 1 church but no priest at Kūsi in 1877, as per Edward Lewes Cutts. The priest Bābā of Kūsi is also attested in 1886 as having helped the American mission with translations. Basil Nikitin, the Russian consul at Urmia, recorded that the village was entirely populated by Christians just before the First World War. It was located in the Anzel district. In 1915, amidst the Sayfo, the Turks perpetrated mass executions at Kūsi.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 748 in 123 households. The following census in 2011 counted 740 people in 159 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 706 people in 161 households.

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Also known as Kowsi and Kosi.

Citations

  1. ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (3 November 2025). "Kavsi, دهستان نازلوچای, بخش نازلو [Nazluchay Rural District, Nazlu District], Urumia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 3 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. ↑ Kavsi at GEOnet Names Server
  4. ↑ Wilmshurst (2000), p. 328.
  5. ↑ Hellot-Bellier (2017), p. 86; Gaunt (2006), p. 119.
  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. 330.
  8. 1 2 3 Wilmshurst (2000), p. 329.
  9. ↑ Wilmshurst (2000), p. 331.
  10. ↑ Gaunt (2006), p. 119.
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ 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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