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Shirabad, West Azerbaijan

Shirabad (; ) is a village in Nazlu-e Shomali Rural District, Nazlu District, Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 143, in 40 families.

History

In 1862, Shirabad was inhabited by 40 Church of the East families and were served by two priests and the Church of Mār Shallīṭā. There were 31 Church of the East families at the village with two priests and one functioning church by 1877. The village was entirely Christian prior to the First World War, according to the list prepared by Basil Nikitin, the Russian consul at Urmia.

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