Urmia

city in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
Place city_of_iran Q179665
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Urmia

Summary

Urmia is a city of Iran[1]. Urmia ranks in the top 0.9% of city_of_iran entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (658 views/month, #10 of 1,113).[2]

Key Facts

  • Urmia is located in Central District[3].
  • Urmia is in the country of Iran[4].
  • Urmia's head of government is recorded as Q134728797[5].
  • Urmia's instance of is recorded as city of Iran[6].
  • Urmia's instance of is recorded as big city[7].
  • Urmia's official language is recorded as Persian[8].
  • Urmia's twinned administrative body is recorded as Giresun[9].
  • Urmia's postal code is recorded as 5756151818[10].
  • Urmia's Commons category is recorded as Urmia[11].
  • Urmia's local dialing code is recorded as 0441[12].
  • Urmia's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37.548611111111114, 'lon': 45.0675}[13].
  • Urmia's official website is recorded as https://urmia.ir[14].
  • Urmia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Urmia[15].
  • Urmia has a population of {'amount': '+736224'}[16].
  • Urmia has a population of {'amount': '+164000'}[17].
  • Urmia's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Urmia[18].
  • Urmia's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
  • Urmia's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[20].
  • Urmia's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[21].
  • Urmia's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 12[22].
  • Urmia's capital of is recorded as Urmia County[23].
  • Urmia's capital of is recorded as West Azarbaijan Province[24].
  • Urmia's capital of is recorded as Trabi[25].
  • Urmia's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Births in Urmia[26].
  • Urmia's category for people who died here is recorded as Category:Deaths in Urmia[27].

Body

Geography

Urmia is in the country of Iran[4]. Urmia is located in Central District[3].

Physical Characteristics

Urmia covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+42.7'}[28]. Urmia sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1332'}[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+736224'}[16] and {'amount': '+164000'}[17].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city of Iran[6] and big city[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Urmia include Urmia Lake[30], a hypersaline lake[31], in Iran[32] and Urmia Airport[33], an airport[34], in Iran[35].

Why It Matters

Urmia ranks in the top 0.9% of city_of_iran entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (658 views/month, #10 of 1,113).[2] Urmia has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Urmia is known by 88 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Entities named for Urmia include Urmia Lake[30], a hypersaline lake[31], in Iran[32] and Urmia Airport[33], an airport[34], in Iran[35].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . mehrnews.com. mehrnews.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 12. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 12. wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . amar.org.ir. Retrieved . amar.org.ir. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 12. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 12. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 12. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · C960657 · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital of → Urmia County, West Azarbaijan Province, Trabi
    Lex id → Urmia
    Sitelink count → 85
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arc', 'arz', 'az', 'azb', 'be', 'bg', 'ca', 'ceb', 'ckb', 'commons', 'cr
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P8313]]: Urmia"
  2. 4w ago · Kareyac · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1343]]: [[Q124737664]]"
  3. 6w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48043|batch #48043]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  4. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official language → Persian
    Official website → https://urmia.ir
    Website → —
    P14541 → 1jJKft
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
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