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Anbī, Iran

انبی (ارومیه)

Anbī is a town of 1,254 people in West Azerbaijan, Iran.

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Population1,254 GeoNames
Local nameانبی (ارومیه)
Elevation1,870 m 6,135 ft
Time zoneAsia/Tehran
Nearest airportUrmia International Airport (OMH) 32 km

About Anbī

Anbi (Persian: انبي, romanized: Anbī; Syriac: ʿAnbi) is a village in Targavar Rural District of Silvaneh District in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.

From the Wikipedia article Anbi (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.

History

ʿAnbi was inhabited by 30 Church of the East Christian families with 2 churches in 1877, as per Edward Lewes Cutts. The priest David, son of the deacon Yaʿqōb, of ʿAnbi copied 7 manuscripts at Sīre and 1 manuscript at Ḥaydarlūi between 1881 and 1899. It was located in the Tergāwār district.

From the History section of Anbi on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting there and nearby towns

Urmia International Airport (OMH) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 32 km away.

  • Sīlvānā 13 km southeast, about 13 min by car
  • Rāzhān 17 km southeast, about 17 min by car
  • Band 21 km east, about 21 min by car
  • Bozveh 23 km east, about 23 min by car
  • Orūmīyeh 28 km east, about 28 min by car
  • Şemdinli 29 km southwest, about 29 min by car
  • Altınsu 29 km southwest, about 29 min by car
  • Günyazı 29 km southwest, about 29 min by car
  • Salmās 76 km north, about 1 h 15 min by car
  • Naqadeh 83 km southeast, about 1 h 30 min by car

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