Urmia city

Urmia or Orumieh (Persian: ارومیه, Orumieh; Kurdish: ورمێ, Wirmê, Urmê; Azerbaijani: ارومیهUrumiya, local slang (اورمو, Urmu) ; Syriac: ܐܘܪܡܝܐ, Urmiā; during the majority of the Pahlavi Dynasty (19251979) called Persian: رضائیه, Rezaiyeh), is the capital of the West Azerbaijan Province, a district and a city located in northwestern Iran. It is situated on the western side of Lake Urmia near the Turkish border. Its population in 2006 census is estimated at 577,307