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Urmia - Wikipedia
WEBUrmia or Orumiyeh (Persian: ارومیه, pronounced ⓘ) is the largest city in West Azerbaijan Province of Iran. In the Central District of Urmia County , it is capital of the province, the county, and the district.
Lake Urmia - Wikipedia
WEBLake Urmia is an internationally registered protected area as both a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and a Ramsar site. The Iranian Department of Environment has designated most of the lake as a national park.
Lake Urmia | Salt Lake in Iran, Largest Lake in the Middle East
WEBLake Urmia, lake in northwestern Iran that is the largest lake in the Middle East. It covers an area that varies from 2,000 to 2,300 square miles (5,200 to 6,000 square km). Like the Dead Sea, it is remarkable for the extreme salinity of its waters.
The return of a once-dying lake - BBC
WEBLake Urmia in Iran was once the world's second largest salt lake, but in a matter of years it shrank to almost nothing. Now, the lake is slowly coming back to life.
The Ghost Towns of Lake Urmia, Once West Asia’s Largest Lake
WEBSep 11, 2020 · On an arid, salty lake bed in northwestern Iran, an eerie and apocalyptic landscape greets visitors. Miles from a struggling port town and the shore of a once-mighty lake, an abandoned ship sits ...
Urmia – Travel guide at Wikivoyage
WEBUrmia is the capital of West Azerbaijan province, in the Azerbaijan region of Iran, near the Turkish and Iraqi borders. It is known by its nicknames as the "Cradle of Water" and "Paris of Iran". Talk.
Photos: Iran's Disappearing Saltwater Lake Urmia - NPR
WEBNov 12, 2019 · Iran's Lake Urmia has shriveled because of water mismanagement. Photographer Maximilian Mann traveled to northwest Iran to document life in the region.
Urmia - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WEBUrmia (Persian: ارومیه) is a city in Iran. It is the capital of the West Azerbaijan province. In 2016, 736,224 people lived there. Lake Urmia, the second largest salt lake in the world. The majority of the city's people are Armenians, Assyrians, Azerbaijanis, Kurds and Persians
Urmia | Visit iran
WEBWith more than three thousand years of history, this city is the oldest city in the northwestern region of Iran, registered as the 19th historical city of Iran in UNESCO. Urmia metropolitan is the tenth most populous city in Iran and the second most populous city in the northwestern region of Iran.
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