Official Name: | Shirabad |
Native Name: | شيراباد |
Settlement Type: | village |
Pushpin Map: | Iran |
Mapsize: | 150px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | West Azerbaijan |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Urmia |
Subdivision Type3: | Bakhsh |
Subdivision Name3: | Nazlu |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural District |
Subdivision Name4: | Nazlu-e Shomali |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Total: | 143 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | IRST |
Utc Offset: | +3:30 |
Timezone Dst: | IRDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | +4:30 |
Coordinates: | 37.7525°N 45.15°W |
Shirabad (Persian: شيراباد, also Romanized as Shīrābād; in ; in Armenian: Շիրաբադ) is a village in Nazlu-e Shomali Rural District, Nazlu District, Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. The village's name means "place of lions." At the 2006 census, its population was 143, in 40 families.
The village was exclusively inhabited by Assyrians until the Assyrian genocide. As of 2012, only two Assyrian families remain in the village. Shirabad had four churches, and only two are still in use, one of which is the Church of Mar Talya.[1]