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: “Orumiyeh”, “Rezā’īyeh”, “Rezaeyeh”, “Rezaiyeh”, “Rezâiyye”, “Rizāiyeh”, “Urumia”, “Urumiah”, “Urumiya”, “Urūmiyeh”, and “اورمو”
Photo: Babak Atropat, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Segonbad and Naneh Maryam Church.

Photo: Rəcəb Yaxşı, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a historic structure located in Urmia, northwestern . The monument has three inscriptions in the Kufic script placed on the entrance door. is a remnant of the Seljuk era.

Church
Photo: Rəcəb Yaxşı, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Mary Church is an ancient Assyrian church located in the city of Urmia, , . The current old building of the church belongs to the Sasanian era and its interior design is a combination of Sasanian and Arsacid architecture.

Church
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The St. Mary's Cathedral also called Cathedral of St. Mary the Mother of God is an Assyrian religious building of the Catholic church that follows the Chaldean rite and is located in Mehdi Al Ghadam, Mirzaian Street of the city of Urmía in , north of and near the border with .

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
United Nations Location Code
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: “أرومي”
  • Arabic: “أرومية”
  • Arabic: “أروميه”
  • Arabic: “أورميا”
  • Arabic: “أورومية”
  • Arabic: “ارومية”
  • Arabic: “اروميه”
  • Armenian: “Որմիա”
  • Armenian: “Ուռմի”
  • Armenian: “Ուրմիա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Urmiya”
  • Azerbaijani: “Urmiyə”
  • Azerbaijani: “Urmu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Urumiyə”
  • Basque: “Urmia”
  • Belarusian: “Урмія”
  • Bengali: “উর্মিয়া”
  • Breton: “Ourmia”
  • Bulgarian: “Урмия”
  • Catalan: “Oroomieh”
  • Catalan: “Orumiye”
  • Catalan: “Orumiyeh”
  • Catalan: “Rezaieh”
  • Catalan: “Urmia”
  • Catalan: “Uromieh”
  • Catalan: “Uromiyeh”
  • Catalan: “Vormi”
  • Catalan: “Wurmê”
  • Cebuano: “Orumiye”
  • Cebuano: “Orūmīyeh”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئورمیە”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئورومیە”
  • Central Kurdish: “ڕەزاییە”
  • Central Kurdish: “ورمێ”
  • Chinese: “Urmia”
  • Chinese: “乌尔米耶”
  • Chinese: “乌鲁米耶”
  • Chinese: “烏爾米耶”
  • Chinese: “烏爾米耶市”
  • Chinese: “爾米亞市”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Urmiya”
  • Croatian: “Urmija”
  • Czech: “Orumíje”
  • Czech: “Urmija”
  • Danish: “Orumieh”
  • Danish: “Urmia”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Urmiya”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Ûrmîye”
  • Dutch: “Oermia”
  • Dutch: “Oroemije”
  • Dutch: “Orumiyeh”
  • Dutch: “Urmia”
  • Dutch: “Urmiye”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اروميه”
  • Esperanto: “Urmia”
  • Esperanto: “Urmijo”
  • Estonian: “Urmia”
  • Finnish: “Orūmīyeh”
  • Finnish: “Urmia”
  • French: “Orumie”
  • French: “Orumieh”
  • French: “Orumiyeh”
  • French: “Ourmia”
  • French: “Rezaiyeh”
  • French: “Rezayeh”
  • French: “Urmia”
  • French: “Urmiah”
  • French: “Urmieh”
  • French: “Urumiah”
  • French: “Urumieh”
  • French: “Wurmê”
  • French: “ارومیه”
  • French: “رضائیه”
  • French: “ܘܪܡܝܐ”
  • Galician: “Urmia”
  • Georgian: “ურმია”
  • German: “Orumijeh”
  • German: “Orumiyeh”
  • German: “Rezaiyeh”
  • German: “Urmia”
  • German: “Urumir”
  • Gilaki: “اۊرۊميه”
  • Greek: “Ούρμια”
  • Gujarati: “ઉર્મિયા”
  • Hebrew: “אורמיה”
  • Hindi: “उरुमिया”
  • Hindi: “ओरुमिये”
  • Hungarian: “Urmia”
  • Indonesian: “Urmia”
  • Irish: “Urmia”
  • Italian: “Orumieh”
  • Italian: “Urmia”
  • Japanese: “ウルーミーエ”
  • Japanese: “ウルミア”
  • Japanese: “ウルミエ”
  • Japanese: “オルーミーイェ”
  • Javanese: “Urmia”
  • Javanese: “Urumiyeh”
  • Kannada: “ಊರ್ಮಿಯ”
  • Kashmiri: “اُرومیہ”
  • Kinaray-A: “Orumiye”
  • Korean: “오루미예”
  • Korean: “우르미아”
  • Kurdish: “Ormiye”
  • Kurdish: “Orumiye”
  • Kurdish: “Urmê”
  • Kurdish: “Urmiye”
  • Kurdish: “Urmiyê”
  • Kurdish: “Urmîyê”
  • Kurdish: “Ûrmiye”
  • Kurdish: “Ûrmiyê”
  • Kurdish: “Ûrmîye”
  • Kurdish: “Ûrmîyê”
  • Kurdish: “Wirmê”
  • Kurdish: “Wirmiye”
  • 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: “Orumiya”
  • Northern Frisian: “Urumia”
  • Northern Frisian: “Urumiya”
  • Northern Sami: “Urmia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Urmia”
  • Norwegian: “Urmia”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܐܘܪܡܝ”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܐܘܪܡܝܐ”
  • Ossetian: “Урми (сахар)”
  • Ossetian: “Урми”
  • Persian: “ارومی”
  • Persian: “ارومیه”
  • Persian: “ارومیّه”
  • Persian: “اورمیاه”
  • Persian: “اورمیه”
  • Persian: “رضائیه”
  • Persian: “رضاییه”
  • Persian: “شهرستان ارومیه”
  • Persian: “ورمی”
  • Polish: “Orumia”
  • Polish: “Urmia”
  • Portuguese: “Urmia”
  • Portuguese: “Úrmia”
  • Romanian: “Orumiyeh”
  • Romanian: “Urumieh”
  • Russian: “Резайе”
  • Russian: “Урмия”
  • Scots: “Urmia”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Urmia”
  • Serbian: “Урмија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Urmija”
  • Sinhala: “උර්මියා”
  • Slovenian: “Urmija”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اورمیه”
  • Spanish: “Orumiyeh”
  • Spanish: “Rezaiyeh”
  • Spanish: “Rizaiyeh”
  • Spanish: “Urmia”
  • Spanish: “Urmía”
  • Spanish: “Urmiah”
  • Swahili: “Urmia”
  • Swedish: “Ormiye”
  • Swedish: “Oromiyeh”
  • Swedish: “Orumieh”
  • Swedish: “Orumiye”
  • Swedish: “Orumiyeh”
  • Swedish: “Orūmīyeh”
  • Swedish: “Rezaieh”
  • Swedish: “Urme”
  • Swedish: “Urmê”
  • Swedish: “Urmia”
  • Swedish: “Ûrmiye”
  • Swedish: “Uromiyeh”
  • Swedish: “Urumiah”
  • Swedish: “Urumieh”
  • Swedish: “Wirmiye”
  • Swedish: “Wurme”
  • Swedish: “Wurmê”
  • Tajik: “Urumija”
  • Tajik: “Урумия”
  • Tamil: “உர்மியா”
  • Tamil: “ஊர்மியா”
  • Tatar: “Урмия (шәһәр)”
  • Tatar: “Урмия”
  • Telugu: “ఉర్మియా”
  • Thai: “อูร์เมีย”
  • Thai: “โอรูมีแย”
  • Turkish: “Rumiyye”
  • Turkish: “Urmiye”
  • Turkish: “Urumiye”
  • Ukrainian: “Урмія”
  • Urdu: “ارومیہ، ایران”
  • Uzbek: “Urmiya”
  • Venetian: “Urmia”
  • Vietnamese: “Urmia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Orumiyeh”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Urmia”
  • Western Panjabi: “ارومیہ”
  • Wolof: “Urmia”
  • Wu Chinese: “乌尔米耶”
  • Yue Chinese: “烏爾米耶”

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