Akhteh Khaneh ( fa, اخته خانه, also
Romanize
Romanization or romanisation, in linguistics, is the conversion of text from a different writing system to the Roman (Latin) script, or a system for doing so. Methods of romanization include transliteration, for representing written text, and ...
d as Ākhteh Khāneh or Akhtekhaneh) is a village in
Lakestan Rural District
, native_name_lang = fa
, settlement_type = Rural District
, image_skyline =
, imagesize =
, image_alt =
, image_caption =
, image_flag =
, flag_alt ...
, in the
Central District of
Salmas County,
West Azerbaijan Province,
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
. At the 2006 census, its population was 587, in 129 families. There was an Armenian community in Akhteh Khaneh in the late 19th and 20th centuries. Today the population is Turkish.
The church
The village is home to
Surp Asdvadzadzin Church. It was built in 1342 and restored in 1891.
"Asvadzadzin" means "Mother of God". It is built of rough stone masonry and kiln bricks and has three domes.
Location
The village is located roughly equidistant between
Road 14 and
Road 11. The nearest village is
Bakhsh Kandi
Bakhsh Kandi ( fa, بخش كندي, also Romanized as Bakhsh Kandī) is a village in Lakestan Rural District, in the Central District of Salmas County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, ...
which is approximately 1 mile away.
Earthquake damage
The village was affected by the
1930 Salmas earthquake
The 1930 Salmas earthquake occurred on in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. The earthquake, which was among Iran's largest, measured 7.1 on the moment magnitude scale and had a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''). A damaging foreshock ...
.
All the buildings except the church were destroyed and there were four casualties. The relatively low number of casualties was because the villages felt the tremors so decided to sleep out of doors. The church remained standing but was left with fissures in the walls. It has not been restored.
References
Populated places in Salmas County
{{Salmas-geo-stub