Balowlan

Balowlan is a village in Targavar [Rural District] of Silvaneh District in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.

History

In 1877, Bālūlan was inhabited by 30 Church of the East families and had one church. The Christians of Bālūlan helped Assyrian and Armenian refugees who had fled the Hamidian massacres. It was reported in 1910 that the village had been seized by Kurds and the village's Christian population had taken refuge at Urmia. In 1914, there were 200 Assyrian households at Bālūlan. On 1 October 1914, Turco-Kurdish troops set fire to the village amidst the Sayfo and the inhabitants fled to Urmia.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 309 in 57 households. The following census in 2011 counted 253 people in 56 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 351 people in 85 households.