Balanej

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|subdivision_name1 = West Azerbaijan

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|subdivision_name2 = Urmia

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|subdivision_name3 = Central

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|subdivision_name4 = Baranduzchay-ye Jonubi

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Balanej ({{langx|fa|بالانج}}){{efn|Also romanized as Bālānaj, Bālānej, Balānej, and Bālānj; {{langx|hy|Բալանիշ}}{{GEOnet3|-3054953|Balanej}}}} is a village in, and the capital of, Baranduzchay-ye Jonubi Rural District of the Central District of Urmia County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.{{cite report|title=Creation and formation of 20 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Urmia County under West Azerbaijan province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110051|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423175105/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110051|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers|last=Mousavi|first=Mirhossein|archive-date=23 April 2012|orig-date=Approved 2 February 1366|access-date=14 December 2023|date=c. 2012|id=Proposal 1.5.53.11395; Notification 114206/T769}}

History

The village was largely inhabited by Assyrians until the Assyrian genocide.{{cn|date=March 2023}}

Demographics

=Population=

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 2,189 in 506 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): West Azerbaijan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/04.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094953/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/04.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The following census in 2011 counted 2,407 people in 629 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): West Azerbaijan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=irandataportal.syr.edu|via=Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University|url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/West-Azerbaijan.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120205939/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/West-Azerbaijan.xls|archive-date=20 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 3,023 people in 797 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): West Azerbaijan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_04.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830042935/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_04.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=30 August 2022}}

Notes

References

Category:Populated places in Urmia County