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About Bālānej
Balanej (Persian: بالانج, romanized: Bālānaj; Syriac: Bālānōsh) is a village in, and the capital of, Baranduzchay-ye Jonubi Rural District in the Central District of Urmia County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.
From the Wikipedia article Balanej (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
History
Bālānōsh was inhabited by 37 Church of the East Christian families with no priest or church in 1877, as per Edward Lewes Cutts. Basil Nikitin, the Russian consul at Urmia, recorded that the village was populated by Christians and Muslims just before the First World War. It was located in the Baranduz district.
From the History section of Balanej on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Map of Bālānej
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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.
- Bārān Dūz 7 km west, about 7 min by car
- Qoţlū 12 km north, about 12 min by car
- Band 18 km northwest, about 18 min by car
- Bozveh 17 km northwest, about 17 min by car
- Şadāqeh 18 km north, about 18 min by car
- Orūmīyeh 19 km northwest, about 19 min by car
- Rāzhān 26 km west, about 26 min by car
- Naqadeh 53 km south, about 53 min by car
- Bonāb 79 km east, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Mahābād 86 km southeast, about 1 h 30 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
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- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Iran, een vere grens dorp - panoramio - ✿ Vlinder ✿, ✿ Vlinder ✿, CC BY 3.0
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