Behik is a village in Urmia County

Urmia County

Urmia County is a county in West Azerbaijan Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Urmia. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 856,914, in 215,342 families...

, West Azarbaijan Province

West Azarbaijan Province

West Azerbaijan Province or West Azarbaijan Province , is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is located in the North West of the country, bordering Turkey, Iraq and Nakhchivan, and the provinces of East Azerbaijan, Zanjan and Kurdistan....

, of northwestern Iran

Iran

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. It is in the Somay Brados District

Somay Brados

Sumay Baradust District is a district in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. It is west of Lake Urmia, between the city of Urmia and the border with Turkey. Its administrative seat is the town of Serow. At the 2006 census, its population was 39,802, in 6,760 families...

 and the dehdar of Serow. The village has a history that spans back centuries.

People

The village's inhabitants are mainly Kurd

Kürd

Kürd or Kyurd or Kyurt may refer to:*Kürd Eldarbəyli, Azerbaijan*Kürd Mahrızlı, Azerbaijan*Kürd, Goychay, Azerbaijan*Kürd, Jalilabad, Azerbaijan*Kürd, Qabala, Azerbaijan*Qurdbayram, Azerbaijan...

s, particularly those of the Deri tribe who have lived here for more than five-centuries.

Location

The village is located on the outskirts of the Iran-Turkey border and has, for centuries, served as a passage between Iran and Turkey

Turkey

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. The village is located approximately 50 km northwest of the provincial capital of Urmia

Urmia

- Demographics :According to official census of 2006, the population of Urmia is about 871,204.- Language :The population of Urmia is mainly Azerbaijani people, with Kurdish, Assyrian Christian, and Armenian minorities...

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History

The only historical document that explicitly alludes to the "Village of Behik" is a protocol signed in Constantinople

Constantinople

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 in 1913 which drew most of the Turco-Persian border. The agreement which was signed in the presence of Persian, Turkish

Turkey

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, Russia

Russia

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n, and English

England

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 delegates stipulated that the village of Behik, in addition to a number of others, remain as a part of Persia, modern day Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

.http://www.meij.or.jp/text/border/Iran-Iraq/irnirq1913.htm.

External links

• Protocol relating to the Delimitation of the Turco-Persian Boundary signed at Constantinople on November 4 1913
• "Behik, Iran" Falling Rain Genomics, Inc.