Gangachin
Village in West Azerbaijan province, Iran
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Gangachin (Persian: گنگچين, romanized: Gangachīn;[3] Syriac: Gangājīn)[4][a] is a village in Beradust Rural District of Sumay-ye Beradust District in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.[6]
Gangachin
Persian: گنگچين | |
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Village | |
  Gangachin Location within Iran | |
| Coordinates: 37°45′20″N 44°39′23″E[1] | |
| Country | Iran |
| Province | West Azerbaijan |
| County | Urmia |
| District | Sumay-ye Beradust |
| Rural District | Beradust |
| Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 2,488 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
History
Gangājīn was inhabited by 10 Church of the East Christian families and did not have a church in 1877, as per Edward Lewes Cutts.[4] It was located in the Tergāwār district.[7] Prior to the First World War, there were 250 Assyrian houses at Gangājīn, as per the list presented by Agha Petros to the Lausanne Peace Conference in 1922.[8]
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 2,682 in 472 households.[9] The following census in 2011 counted 2,458 people in 566 households.[10] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 2,488 people in 546 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.[2]
