urmia city

Urmia or Orumiyeh ( ارومیه‎,   Azerbaijani: اورمیه Armenian: Ուրմիա, Romanized: Urmia; Kurdish: ,ورمێ‎ Ûrmiyê,, Syriac: ܐܘܪܡܝܐ‎, is the largest city in West Azarbaijan Province of Iran. It is situated at an altitude of 1,330 metres (4,360 ft) above sea level, and is located along the Shahar Chay River on the Urmia plain. Lake Urmia, one of the world’s largest salt lakes, lies to the east of the city, and the mountainous Turkish border area […]