Zonbalan ( fa, زنبلان, also
romanized as Zonbalān and known as Zombelān;
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: romanized as Zomalan) is a village in
Nazlu-e Shomali Rural District
Nazlu-e Shomali Rural District ( fa, دهستان نازلوشمالي) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in Nazlu District, Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also ca ...
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Nazlu District
Nazlu District ( fa, بخش نازلو) is a district (bakhsh) in Urmia 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 bo ...
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Urmia County,
West Azerbaijan Province,
Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 127, in 37 families.
History
The village had a significant
Assyrian
Assyrian may refer to:
* Assyrian people, the indigenous ethnic group of Mesopotamia.
* Assyria, a major Mesopotamian kingdom and empire.
** Early Assyrian Period
** Old Assyrian Period
** Middle Assyrian Empire
** Neo-Assyrian Empire
* Assyrian ...
community. One church remains extant in the village, that of
Mar
Mar, mar or MAR may refer to:
Culture
* Mar or Mor, an honorific in Syriac
* Earl of Mar, an earldom in Scotland
* MAA (singer) (born 1986), Japanese
* Marathi language, by ISO 639-2 language code
* March, as an abbreviation for the third month ...
Aprim, and the village was known for its shara (festival) of Mar Aprim.
See also
*
Assyrians in Iran
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List of Assyrian settlements
The following is a list of historical and contemporary Assyrian settlements in the Middle East. This list includes settlements of Assyrians from Southeastern Turkey who left their indigenous tribal districts in Hakkari (or the historical Hakk ...
References
Populated places in Urmia County
Assyrian settlements
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