Urmia

Urmia is the capital of West Azerbaijan province, in the region of , near the and borders. It is known by its nicknames as the "Cradle of Water" and "Paris of Iran".
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  • Type: City with 736,000 residents
  • Description: city in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
  • Also known as: “Oermia”, “Ormiye”, “Oroemije”, “Oromiyeh”, “Oroomieh”, “Orumieh”, “Orumijeh”, “Orumiya”, “Orumiyeh”, “Rezā’īyeh”, “Rezaeyeh”, “Rezaieh”, “Rezaiyeh”, “Rezâiyye”, “Rezayeh”, “Rizaiyeh”, “Rizāiyeh”, “Rumiyye”, “Urme”, “Urmê”, “Urmiah”, “Urmieh”, “Urmiyê”, “Urmîyê”, “Ûrmiyê”, “Ûrmîyê”, “Urmiyə”, “Urmu”, “Uromieh”, “Uromiyeh”, “Urumiah”, “Urumir”, “Urumiya”, “Urumiye”, “Urumiyeh”, “Urūmiyeh”, “Urumiyə”, “Vormi”, “Wirmiye”, “Wurme”, “Wurmê”, “Резайе”, “Որմիա”, “Ուռմի”, “أرومي”, “أروميه”, “أورميا”, “أورومية”, “ئورمیە”, “ئورومیە”, “ارومية”, “ارومی”, “اورمو”, “اورمیاه”, “رضائیه”, “رضاییه”, “ڕەزاییە”, “ورمی”, “ܐܘܪܡܝ”, “ܘܪܡܝܐ”, “ウルーミーエ”, “ウルミア”, “ウルミエ”, “乌鲁米耶”, “烏爾米耶市”, and “爾米亞市”
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Places of Interest

Highlights: Segonbad and Naneh Maryam Church.

Photo: Rəcəb Yaxşı, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a historic structure located in Urmia, northwestern .

Church
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St. Mary Church is an ancient Assyrian church located…

Church
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The St. Mary's Cathedral also called Cathedral of St.

Urmia

Latitude
37.5483° or 37° 32′ 54″ north
Longitude
45.0667° or 45° 4′ 0″ east
Population
736,000
Elevation
1,350 metres (4,429 feet)
IATA airport code
OMH
UN/LOCODE
IR UIM
Open location code
8H97G3X8+8M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26399215
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
121801
Wiki­data ID
Q179665
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Urmia” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أرومية”
  • Armenian: “Ուրմիա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Urmiya”
  • Basque: “Urmia”
  • Belarusian: “Урмія”
  • Bengali: “উর্মিয়া”
  • Breton: “Ourmia”
  • Bulgarian: “Урмия”
  • Catalan: “Urmia”
  • Cebuano: “Orumiye”
  • Cebuano: “Orūmīyeh”
  • Central Kurdish: “ورمێ”
  • Chinese: “乌尔米耶”
  • Chinese: “烏爾米耶”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Urmiya”
  • Croatian: “Urmija”
  • Czech: “Orumíje”
  • Danish: “Urmia”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Urmiya”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Ûrmîye”
  • Dutch: “Urmia”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اروميه”
  • Esperanto: “Urmia”
  • Esperanto: “Urmijo”
  • Estonian: “Urmia”
  • Finnish: “Urmia”
  • French: “Orumie”
  • French: “Ourmia”
  • Galician: “Urmia”
  • Georgian: “ურმია”
  • German: “Urmia”
  • Gilaki: “اۊرۊميه”
  • Greek: “Ούρμια”
  • Gujarati: “ઉર્મિયા”
  • Hebrew: “אורמיה”
  • Hindi: “उरुमिया”
  • Hindi: “ओरुमिये”
  • Hungarian: “Urmia”
  • Indonesian: “Urmia”
  • Irish: “Urmia”
  • Italian: “Urmia”
  • Japanese: “オルーミーイェ”
  • Javanese: “Urmia”
  • Kannada: “ಊರ್ಮಿಯ”
  • Kashmiri: “اُرومیہ”
  • Kinaray-A: “Orumiye”
  • Korean: “오루미예”
  • Korean: “우르미아”
  • Kurdish: “Ûrmiye”
  • Kurdish: “Wirmê”
  • Kurdish: “ورمێ”
  • Latin: “Urmia (urbs)”
  • Latin: “Urmia”
  • Latvian: “Urmija”
  • Lithuanian: “Urmija”
  • Malagasy: “Urmia”
  • Malay: “Urmia”
  • Malayalam: “ഊർമിയ”
  • Maori: “Urmia”
  • Marathi: “उर्मिआ”
  • Mazanderani: “ارومیه”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Urmia”
  • Mingrelian: “ურმია”
  • Northern Frisian: “Urumia”
  • Northern Sami: “Urmia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Urmia”
  • Norwegian: “Urmia”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܐܘܪܡܝܐ”
  • Ossetian: “Урми (сахар)”
  • Ossetian: “Урми”
  • Persian: “ارومیه”
  • Persian: “ارومیّه”
  • Persian: “شهرستان ارومیه”
  • Polish: “Orumia”
  • Polish: “Urmia”
  • Portuguese: “Urmia”
  • Portuguese: “Úrmia”
  • Romanian: “Urumieh”
  • Russian: “Урмия”
  • Scots: “Urmia”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Urmia”
  • Serbian: “Урмија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Urmija”
  • Sinhala: “උර්මියා”
  • Slovenian: “Urmija”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اورمیه”
  • Spanish: “Urmía”
  • Swahili: “Urmia”
  • Swedish: “Urmia”
  • Tajik: “Urumija”
  • Tajik: “Урумия”
  • Tamil: “உர்மியா”
  • Tamil: “ஊர்மியா”
  • Tatar: “Урмия (шәһәр)”
  • Tatar: “Урмия”
  • Telugu: “ఉర్మియా”
  • Thai: “อูร์เมีย”
  • Thai: “โอรูมีแย”
  • Turkish: “Urmiye”
  • Ukrainian: “Урмія”
  • Urdu: “ارومیہ، ایران”
  • Uzbek: “Urmiya”
  • Venetian: “Urmia”
  • Vietnamese: “Urmia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Urmia”
  • Western Panjabi: “ارومیہ”
  • Wolof: “Urmia”
  • Wu Chinese: “乌尔米耶”
  • Yue Chinese: “烏爾米耶”

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