|
Khoy ((アゼルバイジャン語:Xoy); (ペルシア語:خوی); also Romanized as Khoi, Khvoy, Khowy, Khuy, and Xoy), is a city in and the capital of Khoy County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2012 census, its population was 200,985. Khoy is biggest city in the Azerbaijan region that is not capital of Province. Khoy is located north of the province's capital and largest city Urmia, and 807 km north-west to Tehran. The region's economy is based on agriculture, particularly the production of fruit, grain, and timber. Khoy is nicknamed as the Sunflower city of Iran. At the 2006 census, the city had a population of 178,708, with an estimated 2012 population of 200,985. The city's inhabitants are predominantly Azerbaijanis and Azerbaijani is dominantly spoken in Khoy, while nearly all inhabitants can also converse in Persian. The main religion is Shia Islam.〔"(All things and news about Xoy )," '' All things and news about Xoy ''.〕〔"(【引用サイトリンク】title=Khvoy )," ''World Gazetteer''.〕 Occupied since Median times, it shares a long history as an important Christian centre.〔Andrew Burke, "Iran" pp. 138. Lonely Planet. ISBN 1742203493〕 ==History== Khoy was named in ancient times for the salt mines that made it an important spur of the Silk Route.〔 3000 years ago, a city had existed on the area where Khoy is located nowadays, but its name became Khoy only from 14th centuries ago.〔Lida Balilan Asl, Elham Jafari. "Khoy's Expansion from Early Islam to Late Qajar According to Historical Documents" published spring 2013. vol 3〕 In 714 BC, Sargon II passed the region of which Khoy is part of in a campaign against Urartu.〔 In the Parthian period, Khoy was the gateway of the Parthian Empire in the Northwest.〔 Around the year 37 BC, Marc Anthony had crossed the plain that is located between Khoy and Marand during one of the many and frequent Roman-Parthian Wars.〔 One of the important historic elements of the city is the St. Sourp Sarkis church. Armenian documents wrote that the date of the making has to be either 332 or 333 AD.〔 In the city and its surrounding villages, churches are seen and it is reported that Armenians have always been comprising a significant amount of the cities population, but the city was never an "Armenian city" (as in comprising a vast majority).〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Khoy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|