Urmia Daily Photo

National Park Lake Urmia in Spring

2012-01-13T11:51:00.000+04:00

Urmia (Azerbaijani Turkish : Urmu اورمو , Farsi: ارومیه; or Urmiyə); also Romanized as Oroumiyeh, Orūmīyeh and Urūmiyeh ; formerly, during the majority of the Pahlavi Dynasty [1925–1979] called in farsi: رضائیه - Rezaeyeh, Rezā’īyeh, Rezâiyye, and Rizāiyeh) is a city in and the capital of West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 577,307, in 153,570 families.
The city lies at an altitude of 1,330 m above sea level on the Shahar Chay river (City River). Urmia is the 10th most populated city in Iran. The population of Urmia is predominantly Azerbaijanian Turks (over 90%), but with Kurdish,Assyrian and Armenian minorities.
Urmia is situated on a fertile plain called Urmia Plain, on western side of Lake Urmia; and eastern side of Turkish border and marginal range of mountains.
Urmia is the trade center for a fertile agricultural region where fruit (especially Apple and Grape) and Tobacco are grown. An important town by the 9th cent., Urmia was seized by the Seljuk Turks (1184), and later occupied a number of times by the Ottoman Turks. Urmia was the seat of the first U.S. Christian mission in Iran (1835). Around AD 1900, Christians made up more than 40% of the city's population, however, most of the Christians fled in 1918.
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New Photo of Lake Urmia

2011-12-06T16:07:00.000+04:00

West Azerbaijan - Urmia Persimmon

2011-11-29T12:50:00.000+04:00

West Azerbaijan - Urmia Grape

2011-11-25T17:44:00.000+04:00

West Azerbaijan - Urmia Walnuts

2011-11-19T21:08:00.000+04:00

Governor of Urmia - Najaf Qulu Khan Afshar Urumi

2011-11-12T18:55:00.000+04:00

1835; Najaf Qulu Khan Afshar Urumi - Governor of Urmia
By Justin Perkins (American Presbyterian Missionary in Urmia)

Urmia City - Rose Hip

2011-11-07T16:49:00.000+04:00

New Photo of Lake Urmia

2011-10-30T23:03:00.000+04:00

Urmia Old Bazaar

2011-10-26T20:43:00.000+05:00

History:
the old Bazaar Compound has different Sections. A prominent feature of this Compound is its plain Archtiecture. Despite the Diffrences in the form of the Vaults, light orifices and domes of bazaar, the main construction material used in all shop series and arcades mostly even without plaster coating. the most ancint remaining parts of bazaar date back to after Safavis Eras particularly zand Qajarid Depicting the architectural talent of Different Periods.

Urmia - City River

2011-10-22T22:53:00.000+05:00

Environmental disasters of dried Lake Urmia

2011-10-20T16:11:00.000+05:00

Urmia Nature - Marmishov

2011-10-20T00:06:00.000+05:00

Urmia Appale

2011-10-16T11:51:00.000+05:00

Azerbaijani Turkish Folk Dance in Urmia

2011-10-15T13:30:00.000+05:00

Azerbaijani Folk Dance in Opening Ceremony of Asian School Volleyball Competition - Urmia - October 2011

West Azerbaijan - Urmia Sirr Mountain

2011-10-06T17:36:00.000+05:00

New Photos of National Park Lake Urmia

2011-09-29T11:59:00.000+05:00

West Azerbaijan - Lake Urmia Photos

2011-08-27T13:58:00.000+05:00

Lake Urmia - 128 Years Ago

2011-08-20T11:59:00.000+05:00

West Azerbaijan - Lake Urmia Photos

2011-08-11T23:18:00.000+05:00

New Photos of Lake Urmia - West Azerbaijan

2011-08-07T00:40:00.000+05:00

West Azerbaijan: Urmia - Zeyva way

2011-08-04T14:35:00.000+05:00

Urmia City - Bari Grape Festival

2011-07-28T14:36:00.000+05:00

National Park Lake Urmia Photo Gallery

2011-07-20T17:58:00.000+05:00

Lake Urmia (Turkish Language: Urmiye Gölü, Urmu Gölü, اورمیه گولو، اورمو گولو،; farsi: دریاچه ارومیه Daryâcheh-ye Orumiyeh (or Oroumieh); is a salt lake in northwestern Iran, near Iran's border with Turkey. The lake is between the provinces of East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan, west of the southern portion of the similarly shaped Caspian Sea. It is the largest lake in the Middle East, and the third largest salt water lake on earth, with a surface area of approximately 5,200 km² (2,000 mile²), 140 km (87 miles) length, 55 km (34 miles) width, and 16 m (52 ft) depth.
Ecology
National park Lake Urmia (Orumieh in farsi), which lies in northwestern Iran, is home to some 212 species of birds, 41 reptiles, 7 amphibians, and 27 species of mammals, including the Iranian yellow deer.
The construction of a dam on part of the lake and the recent drought has significantly decreased the annual amount of water Urmiye receives. This in turn has increased the salinity of Urmia's water, causing the lake to lose its significance as home to thousands of migratory birds, such as flamingoes.
The lake is marked by more than a hundred small rocky islands, which are stopover points in the migrations of various kinds of wild bird life (including flamingos, pelicans, spoonbills, ibises, storks, shelducks, avocets, stilts, and gulls).
By virtue of its high levels of salinity, the lake does not sustain any fish species. Nonetheless, Lake Urmia is considered to be one of the largest natural habitats of Artemia, which serve as food source for the migratory birds such flamingos. Most of the area of the lake is considered a national park.
The lake is a major barrier between two of the most important cities in West Azerbaijan and East Azerbaijan provinces, Urmia and Tabriz. A project to build a highway across the lake was initiated in the 1970s but was abandoned after the Iranian Revolution of 1979, having finished a 15 km causeway with an unbridged gap. The project was revived in the early 2000s, and was completed in November 2008 with the opening of a 1.5 km bridge across the remaining gap. However, the high saline environment is already heavily rusting the steel on the bridge despite anti-corrosion treatment. Experts have warned that the construction of the bridge, together with a series of ecological factors, will eventually lead to the drying up of the lake, turning it into a salt marsh which will directly affect the climate of the region. Lake Urmia has been shrinking for a long time, with an annual evaporation rate of 0.6m to 1m (24 to 39 inches). Although measures are now being taken to reverse the trend the lake has shrunken by 60 percent and could disappear entirely. The lake's salts are considered to have medical effects, especially as a cure for rheumatism. Lake Urmia is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and a Ramsar site.
Islands
Lake Urmia has 102 islands. For a National Park and Preserve Lake Urmia, see this link. The second largest island, Shahi Island, is the burial place of Hulagu Khan, the grandson of Genghis Khan and the sacker of Baghdad.

West Azerbaijan - Urmia City Photo Gallery

2011-07-17T15:17:00.000+05:00

West Azerbaijan - Urmia Nature Photo Gallery

2011-07-14T12:24:00.000+05:00