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Orūmīyeh
City in West Azerbaijan province, Iran

Orūmīyeh

Urmia is the largest city in West Azerbaijan Province of Iran.

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In the Central District of Urmia County, it is capital of the province, the county, and the district. The city is situated near the borders of Iran with Turkey and Iraq.

Get in

Getting to Orūmīyeh

  1. 01
    Urmia Airport
  2. 02
    Urmia

    There are direct trains from Tehran every second day and daily regional trains.

See

Worth seeing

Urmia has many parks and touristic coastal villages on the shore of Urmia Lake. The oldest park in Urmia, called Park-e Saat, was established in the first Pahlavi's era. Urmia's largest park is Ellar Bagi Park (Azerbaijani "Garden of the Peoples") along the Shahar Chayi, or the City River.

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    Urmia Lake

    You can go swimming and you will flow on the water.

  2. 02
    Urmia Museum

    09:00-19:00 daily.

  3. 03
    Church of Naneh Maryam

    The first church in the East built by the magi who made the journey to Jerusalem to see Jesus Christ.

  4. 04
    Se Gonbad

    The Three Domes Tower is in an alley branched off the Ostad Barzegar Street in the southeastern part of Urmia.

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    Jameh Mosque
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    Old Urmia Bazaa

    The Urmia Bazaar is in the southeastern corner of Urmia.

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