Kukiya

Kukiya
Persian: كوكيا
Village
Kukiya is located in Iran
Kukiya
Kukiya
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 37°22′06″N 45°08′56″E / 37.36833°N 45.14889°E / 37.36833; 45.14889
CountryIran
ProvinceWest Azerbaijan
CountyUrmia
DistrictCentral
Rural DistrictBaranduzchay-ye Jonubi
Population
 (2016)
 • Total
716
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Kukiya (Persian: كوكيا, romanized: Kūkīā) is a village in Baranduzchay-ye Jonubi Rural Districtof the Central District in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran. The village has at least one Armenian church.

History

Kukiya is identified with the diocese of Chuchia, suffragan of the metropolis of Ormi Superior (Upper Urmi), which is mentioned in the letter of Patriarch Abdisho IV Maron sent to Pope Pius IV in 1562 as one of the dioceses that recognised his authority. A funerary shrine dedicated to Mar Gewargis was located in the village.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 659 in 160 households. The following census in 2011 counted 691 people in 193 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 716 people in 203 households.

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Also known as Kiukia and Kūkīyā.

Citations

  1. ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (1 November 2025). "Kukiya, بخش مرکزی [Central District], Urumia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 1 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 Kukiya at GEOnet Names Server
  4. 1 2 Amurian & Kasheff (1986).
  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. ↑ Wilmshurst (2000), pp. 312, 349; Al-Jeloo (2010), p. 8.
  7. ↑ Al-Jeloo (2010), p. 8.
  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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