Sopurghan

Sopurghan
سپورغان
Village
Sopurghan is located in Iran
Sopurghan
Sopurghan
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 37°45′09″N 45°11′56″E / 37.75250°N 45.19889°E / 37.75250; 45.19889
CountryIran
ProvinceWest Azerbaijan
CountyUrmia
DistrictNazlu
Rural DistrictTala Tappeh
Population
 (2016)
 • Total
216
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Sopurghan (Persian: سپورغان) is a village in Tala Tappeh Rural District of Nazlu District in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.

Etymology

According to Vladimir Minorsky, the name of this village is derived from the Mongolian word suburghan, meaning a stupa.: 77 

History

The earliest mention of Sopurghan is found in a letter to Pope Pius IV in 1562. The village is mentioned again in a manuscript donated to a church in Jerusalem in 1612.

Evidence from tombstones in the village cemetery show Assyrian presence in the village as early as 668 AD. In 1840, American Protestant missionaries built a primary school in the region. In 1862, a Russian survey showed 172 families and 2 priests living in the village. In 1883, a missionary established girls' school in the village, and in 1887, and Anglican mission established a Middle School for boys below 17.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 243 in 71 households. The following census in 2011 counted 84 people in 25 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 216 people in 75 households.

Location

Sopurghan is 26 kilometres northeast of the city of Urmia and 2 kilometres from the edge of Lake Urmia.

See also

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Notes

  1. ↑ Also romanized as Sopūrghān; also known as Separghān, Soporghān, and Supurgan; in Armenian: Սուփուրղան; Syriac: ܣܦܘܪܓܢ

References

  1. ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (4 November 2025). "Shialan Abad, Sopurghan, دهستان طلاتپه, بخش نازلو [Tala Tappeh Rural District, Nazlu 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. ↑ Sopurghan at GEOnet Names Server
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Minorsky, Vladimir (1957). "Mongol Place-Names in Mukri Kurdistan". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 19 (1): 58–81. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  6. ↑ "Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica".
  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.
  9. ↑ "Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica".