Serow
Persian: سرو
City
Serow is located in Iran
Serow
Serow
Coordinates: 37°43′12″N 44°38′42″E / 37.72000°N 44.64500°E / 37.72000; 44.64500[1]
Country Iran
ProvinceWest Azerbaijan
CountyUrmia
DistrictSumay-ye Beradust
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total1,800
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Serow (Persian: سرو; also Romanized as Sero and Sīroo, Kurdish: سێرۆ; also Romanized as Serow)[3] is a city in, and the capital of, Sumay-ye Beradust District of Urmia County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.[4]

At the 2006 census, its population was 1,508 in 279 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 1,530 people in 331 households.[6] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 1,800 people in 469 households.[2] Situated on the border with Turkey, it has a border crossing linking it with the Turkish town of Esendere.[7]

Demographics

The people of Serow are Kurds who speak the Kurmanji Kurdish language. Their religion is Islam and follow Sunni religion.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (10 March 2023). "Serow, Urmia County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 04. Archived from the original (Excel) on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ↑ Serow, Iran can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3083544" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  4. ↑ Habibi, Hassan (7 July 1369). "Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the country divisions of West Azerbaijan province, centered in the city of Urmia". Lamtakam (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers. Archived from the original on 20 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 04. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 04. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  7. ↑ Caravanistan - Iran-Turkey border crossings, retrieved 5 April 2020
  8. ↑ https://silvananews.ir/4207-2/
  9. ↑ https://intoday.ir/introducing-city-sarv/
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