Yengejeh, Nazlu

Yengejeh
village
Yengejeh
Coordinates: 37°44′34″N 45°10′14″E
Country	Iran
Province	West Azerbaijan
County	Urmia
Bakhsh	Nazlu
Rural District	Tala Tappeh
Population  (2006)
• Total	99
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

Yengejeh (Persian: ينگجه;[1] Syriac: Yangījā)[2][a] is a village in Tala Tappeh Rural District, Nazlu District, Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 99, in 25 families.[4]

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.[5] There were 24 Church of the East families with one priest and one church at the village in 1877.[6] 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.[7]

References

Notes

1. Alternatively transliterated as Yangija.[3]

Citations

1. 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".
2. Wilmshurst (2000), p. 319.
3. Baumer (2016), p. 260.
4. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 20 September 2011.
5. Wilmshurst (2000), p. 329.
6. Wilmshurst (2000), p. 331.
7. Wilmshurst (2000), p. 328.

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.