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Salmas (Persian: سلماس) is a city in the Central District of Salmas County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. It is northwest of Lake Urmia, near Turkey. At the 2006 census, its population was 79,560 in 19,806 households.
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Salmas County ( Persian: شهرستان سلماس) is in West Azerbaijan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Salmas. [3] Demographics. Population. At the time of the 2006 National Census, the county's population was 180,708 in 40,298 households. [4] . The following census in 2011 counted 192,591 people in 48,872 households. [5] .
YearPopulation±%2021N/A—2016196,546+2.1%2011192,591+6.6%2006180,708+15.4%Salmas is a city in the Central District of Salmas County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. It is northwest of Lake Urmia, near Turkey .At the 2006 census, its population was 79,560 in 19,806 households.
Salmas: town in northwestern Iran, site of a Sasanian rock relief. The Sasanian rock relief at Salmas. About eight kilometers southeast of modern Salmas, along the modern highroad 11 to Orumiyeh, an ancient Sasanian rock relief overlooks a fertile plain. It is situated to the left of the road, on a cliff, and faces the southwest.
Early mention of Salmas was made in 1281, when its Assyrian bishop made the trip to the consecration of the Assyrian Church of the East patriarch Yaballaha in Baghdad. In the Battle of Salmas on 17–18 September 1429, the Kara Koyunluwere defeated by Shah Rukhwho was consolidating Timuridholdings west of Lake Urmia.
in West Azerbaijan province. Salmas is situated on the plains its center being the city of Salmas (formerly known as Shahpour in the Pahlavi reign), which lies 854 km. from Tehran. In ancient books Salmas has been noted for being a city with good bazaars and a mosque constructed of stone.
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