Sumay Baradust District is a district (bakhsh

Bakhsh

A bakhsh is a type of administrative division of Iran. While sometimes translated as county, it is more accurately translated as district, as they are similar to a township in the United States or a district of England....

) 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 Azerbaijan Province, 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...

. It is west of Lake Urmia

Lake Urmia

Lake Urmia , ancient name: Lake Matiene) is a salt lake in northwestern Iran, near Iran's border with Turkey. The lake is between the Iranian provinces of East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan, west of the southern portion of the similarly shaped Caspian Sea...

, between the city 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...

 and the border with Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

. Its administrative seat is the town of Serow

Serow, Iran

Serow is a city in and the capital of Sumay Baradust District, in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 1,508, in 279 families....

. At the 2006 census, its population was 39,802, in 6,760 families. The District has one city: Serow

Serow, Iran

Serow is a city in and the capital of Sumay Baradust District, in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 1,508, in 279 families....

.

The population of the district is entirely Kurdish

Kurdish people

The Kurdish people, or Kurds , are an Iranian people native to the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region known as Kurdistan, which includes adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey...

, speaking the Shakaki

Shakaki

Shakaki is a sub-dialect of Kurmanji Kurdish and is spoken in a parts of Kurdish regions in Iran and Iraq, especially in Badinan region in Iraqi Kurdistan and among Kurdish tribes around the city of Maku and Urmiye in Iranian Kurdistan....

 dialect of Kurdish. There are a number of villages located in this district such as Gangachin, Hashtyan, Bavan, with Behik

Behik

Behik is a village in Urmia County, West Azarbaijan Province, of northwestern Iran. It is in the Somay Brados District and the dehdar of Serow. The village has a history that spans back centuries.-People:...

 being the largest one.

Borders

Somay Brados District is bordered on the south by Silvaneh District, on the west by Turkey, on the north by Salmas County

Salmas County

Salmas County is a county in West Azarbaijan Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Salmas. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 107,677, in 20,617 families. The county is subdivided into two districts: the Central District and Kuhsar District...

, with Anzal District

Anzal District

Anzal District is a district in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 25,252, in 5,923 families. The District has one city: Qushchi....

 and Nazlu District

Nazlu District

Nazlu District is a district in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 36,732, in 8,943 families. The District has one city: Nushin....

on the east.