Urmia, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran

Higher education | Transportation

🇮🇷 Urmia or Orumiyeh (Persian: ارومیه,) is the largest city in West Azerbaijan Province of Iran and the capital of Urmia County. It is situated at an altitude of 1,330 metres (4,360 ft) above sea level, and is located along the Shahar River on the Urmia Plain. Lake Urmia, one of the world's largest salt lakes, lies to the east of the city, and the border area with Turkey lies to the west.

Urmia is the 10th-most populous city in Iran. The majority of the city's residents are Azerbaijanis, with a large minority of Kurds, and a smaller number of Assyrians, and Armenians, as well as Persian-speakers who moved to the city mostly for employment. The city is the trading centre for a fertile agricultural region where fruits (especially apples and grapes) and tobacco are grown. Even though the majority of the residents of Urmia are Muslims, the Christian history of Urmia is well preserved and is especially evident in the city's many churches and cathedrals.

An important town by the 9th century, the city has had a diverse population which has at times included Muslims (Shias and Sunnis), Christians (Catholics, Protestants, Nestorians, and Orthodox), Jews, Baháʼís and Sufis. Around 1900, Christians made up more than 40% of the city's population; however, in the next decades, most of the Christians were either killed as a part of the advancing Ottoman troops and raids by Kurdish tribes or fled shortly after the end of the war.

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Higher education Urmia was an important centre for higher education approximately a century ago; indeed, the medical college of Urmia, which was built by Joseph Cochran and a team of American medical associates in 1878, is the first modern university of Iran. Unfortunately, the college was shut down even before the establishment of the first official University of Iran, University of Tehran. Today, Urmia has become an important centre of education, with several state and private universities and institutes, including: Urmia University; Malek Ashtar University of Technology, Urmia Branch; Urmia University of Medical Sciences; Urmia University of Technology; Islamic Azad University of Urmia; Payame Noor University of Urmia; Elmi Karbordi University of Urmia; University College of Saba; University College of Azarabadegan; University College of Elm O fan; University College of Kamal; Shahid Beheshti Technical School; Ghazi Tabatabaee Technical School; The Girls Technical School of Urmia; Najand Institute of Higher Education; University College Afagh.

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Transportation Most of Urmia's residents travel by car through the system of roads and highways. Urmia is also served by taxis and public buses. There are also some private groups that provide services called "Phone-taxi". Two Tram-lines for Urmia are Planned .

Urmia is linked to Europe through Turkey's roads and Sero border crossing. Urmia Airport, which opened in 1964, was the first international airport in West Azerbaijan county, Iran. As of April 2015 it only has regularly scheduled domestic flights to Tehran's Mehrabad International Airport, although there are plans to establish a direct flight between Urmia and Erbil, due to the large number of passengers travelling between the two cities. The city is recently connected to Iran National Railways (IRIR, رجا).

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Urmia has a population of over 667,499 people. Urmia also forms the centre of the wider West Azerbaijan Province which has a population of over 3,265,219 people.

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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Urmia has links with:

🇹🇷 Giresun, Turkey 🇧🇬 Varna, Bulgaria
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