Yengejeh, Nazlu

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Yengejeh ({{langx|fa|ينگجه}};{{GEOnet3|-3813689|Yengejeh}} {{langx|syr|Yangījā}}){{sfnp|Wilmshurst|2000|p=319}}{{efn|Alternatively transliterated as Yangija.{{sfnp|Baumer|2016|p=260}}}} 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.{{IranCensus2006|04}}

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.{{sfnp|Wilmshurst|2000|p=329}} There were 24 Church of the East families with one priest and one church at the village in 1877.{{sfnp|Wilmshurst|2000|p=331}} 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.{{sfnp|Wilmshurst|2000|p=328}}

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{{Cite book|last=Baumer|first=Christoph|title=The Church of the East: An Illustrated History of Assyrian Christianity|year=2016|location=London-New York|publisher=Tauris}}
{{cite book | last1 =Wilmshurst| first1 =David|date=2000|title=The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913|publisher=Peeters Publishers|url=http://www.aina.org/books/ecclesiastical-organisation-of-the-church-of-the-east.pdf|access-date=30 October 2024}}

Category:Populated places in Urmia County

Category:Assyrian communities in Iran