Yengejeh, Nazlu

For other places with the same name, see Yengejeh.

Yengejeh ينگجه
Village
Yengejeh
Coordinates: 37°44′34″N 45°10′14″E / 37.74278°N 45.17056°E / 37.74278; 45.17056[1]
Country	Iran
Province	West Azerbaijan
County	Urmia
District	Nazlu
Rural District	Tala Tappeh
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	90
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Yengejeh (Persian: ينگجه)^[3][a] is a village in Tala Tappeh Rural District^[6] of Nazlu District in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.

History

In 1862, Yangījā (today called Yengejeh) was inhabited by 65 Church of the East families and was served by one priest and the Church of Mart Maryam.^[7] There were 24 Church of the East families with one priest and one church at the village in 1877.^[8] The village was entirely populated by Christians, prior to the First World War, according to the list prepared by Basil Nikitin, the Russian consul at Urmia.^[9]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 99 in 25 households.^[10] The following census in 2011 counted 65 people in 19 households.^[11] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 90 people in 32 households.^[2]

See also

Iran portal

Notes

1. Also known as Syriac: Yangījā,^[4] also romanized as Yangija^[5]

References

1. OpenStreetMap contributors (4 November 2025). "Yengejeh, دهستان نازلوشمالی, بخش نازلو [Nazluy-e Shomali Rural District, Nazlu District], Urumia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 4 November 2025.
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. Yengejeh can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3813689" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
4. Wilmshurst (2000), p. 319.
5. Baumer (2016), p. 260.
6. 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.
7. Wilmshurst (2000), p. 329.
8. Wilmshurst (2000), p. 331.
9. Wilmshurst (2000), p. 328.
10. 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.
11. 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.

Bibliography

• Baumer, Christoph (2016). The Church of the East: An Illustrated History of Assyrian Christianity. London-New York: Tauris.
• Wilmshurst, David (2000). The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913 (PDF). Peeters Publishers. Retrieved 30 October 2024.