Saghandel ( fa, سغندل, 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 Saqam Del, Saqandel, Sekendī, Seqendel, Sikindil, and Sykyndyl’) is a village in

Ozomdel-e Jonubi Rural District Ozomdel-e Jonubi Rural District ( fa, دهستان ازومدل جنوبي) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in the Central District of Varzaqan County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, ...

, in the Central District of

Varzaqan County Varzaqan County ( fa, شهرستان ورزقان) is located in East 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 ...

East Azerbaijan Province East Azerbaijan Province ( fa, استان آذربایجان شرقی ''Āzarbāijān-e Sharqi''; az-Arab, شرقی آذربایجان اوستانی) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is located in Iranian Azerbaijan, bordering Armenia, ...

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 157, in 34 families. The

cuneiform Cuneiform is a logo-syllabic script that was used to write several languages of the Ancient Middle East. The script was in active use from the early Bronze Age until the beginning of the Common Era. It is named for the characteristic wedge-sha ...

inscription in the village is the most famous historical monument in the region from the

Urartian Urartian or Vannic is an extinct Hurro-Urartian language which was spoken by the inhabitants of the ancient kingdom of Urartu (''Biaini'' or ''Biainili'' in Urartian), which was centered on the region around Lake Van and had its capital, Tushpa, ...

era.

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Towns and villages in Varzaqan County {{Varzaqan-geo-stub