Gol Pashin ( fa, گل پاشين, also

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d as Gol Pāshīn; also known as Gol Parchīn) is a village in

Bakeshluchay Rural District Bakeshluchay Rural District ( fa, دهستان بکشلوچای) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in the Central District of Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also ...

, in the Central District of

Urmia County Urmia County ( fa, شهرستان ارومیه) is located in West Azerbaijan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Urmia Urmia or Orumiyeh ( fa, ارومیه, Variously transliterated as ''Oroumieh'', ''Oroumiyeh'', ''Orūmīyeh'' ...

, West Azerbaijan Province,

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. At the 2006 census, its population was 266, in 69 families. Gol Pashin is an

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village and has 1 surviving church, although before it was destroyed in 1918 it had many more, and was a much grander and significant town overall. For the pre

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history of the town, see Gulpashan.

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Populated places in Urmia County Assyrian settlements {{Urmia-geo-stub

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