Official Name: | Sowmaeh-ye Olya |
Native Name: | Persian: صومعه عليا |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Iran |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Iran |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | East Azerbaijan |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Torkamanchay |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Sowmaeh |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural District |
Subdivision Name4: | Barvanan-e Sharqi |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 2432 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | IRST |
Utc Offset: | +3:30 |
Coordinates: | 37.6097°N 47.4656°W |
Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
Sowmaeh-ye Olya (Persian: صومعه عليا) is a village in Barvanan-e Sharqi Rural District of Sowmaeh District, Torkamanchay County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the district and the rural district.[2]
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 3,014 in 765 households, when it was in the former Torkamanchay District of Mianeh County.[3] The following census in 2011 counted 3,123 people in 918 households.[4] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 2,432 people in 791 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.[5]
In April 2024, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Torkamanchay County,[6] and the rural district was transferred to the new Sowmaeh District.