Urmia (Azerbaijani: Urmu, Urmiyə, اورمیه; Persian: اورمیه; Aramaic: ܐܘܪܡܝܐ), variously translitterated as Oroumiyeh, Orūmīyeh and Urūmiyeh, also formerly known (during the Pahlavi Dynasty, 1925–1979) as Rezaeyeh, Rezā’īyeh, Rezâiyye (Persian: رضائیه) is a city in and the capital of West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 577,307, with 153,570 households.