{{Short description|Neighborhood in West Azerbaijan province, Iran}}
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{{Infobox settlement |name = Bahik |native_name = {{langx|fa|بهيك}} |native_name_lang = fa |settlement_type = Neighborhood |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_alt = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_alt = |image_seal = |seal_alt = |image_shield = |shield_alt = |etymology = |nickname = |motto = |image_map = |map_alt = |map_caption = |pushpin_map = Iran |pushpin_map_alt = |pushpin_map_caption = |pushpin_label_position = |coordinates = {{Coord|38|05|34|N|44|38|34|E|dim:1km|display=inline,title}} |coordinates_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite map |author=((OpenStreetMap contributors)) |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=38.092778&mlon=44.642778&zoom=15#map=15/38.09278/44.64278|website=[[OpenStreetMap]] |title=Bahik, دهستان چهریق, بخش کوهسار [Chahriq Rural District, Kuhsar District], Salmas County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran|date=23 October 2025 |access-date=23 October 2025|lang=fa}}</ref> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = [[Iran]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Iran|Province]] |subdivision_name1 = [[West Azerbaijan province|West Azerbaijan]] |subdivision_type2 = [[Counties of Iran|County]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Salmas County|Salmas]] |subdivision_type3 = [[Bakhsh (administrative division)|District]] |subdivision_name3 = [[Kuhsar District|Kuhsar]] |subdivision_type4 = [[Rural Districts of Iran|Rural District]] |subdivision_name4 = [[Chahriq Rural District|Chahriq]] |subdivision_type5 = Village |subdivision_name5 = [[Zula Bahik]] |established_title = |established_date = |founder = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |unit_pref = Metric <!-- ALL fields with measurements have automatic unit conversion --> <!-- for references: use <ref> tags --> |area_footnotes = <!-- square kilometers --> |area_total_km2 = |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |population_footnotes = <ref name="2006 West Azerbaijan Province"/> |population_as_of = 2006 |population_total = 281 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_note = |population_demonym = |timezone = [[Iran Standard Time|IRST]] |utc_offset = +3:30 |postal_code = |area_code = |website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> |module = |footnotes = }}
'''Bahik''' ({{langx|fa|بهيك}}){{efn|Also [[romanize]]d as '''Bahīk'''<ref>{{GEOnet3|-3767294|Bahik}}</ref>}} is a neighborhood in the village of [[Zula Bahik]]<ref name="Nostratabad Renamed Takht-e Soleyman">{{cite web|script-title=fa:وحیدی تغییر نام برخی تقسیمات استان آذربایجان غربی را بلاغ کرد|trans-title=Vahidi announces change of names of some divisions of West Azerbaijan province|language=fa|website={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|خبرگزاری مهر}} [Mehr News Agency] |publisher={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|وزارت کشور}} [Ministry of the Interior] |url=https://www.mehrnews.com/news/5883375/وحیدی-تغییر-نام-برخی-تقسیمات-استان-آذربایجان-غربی-را-بلاغ-کرد|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230913032316/https://www.mehrnews.com/news/5883375/وحیدی-تغییر-نام-برخی-تقسیمات-استان-آذربایجان-غربی-را-بلاغ-کرد|agency={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|هیات وزیران}} [Council of Ministers] |first=Ahmad |last=Vahidi |author-link=Ahmad Vahidi|archive-date=13 September 2023|orig-date={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|۲۲ شهریور ۱۴۰۲}} (22 Shahrivar 1402) (Iranian Jalali calendar) |date=13 September 2023 <!-- Converted 'Approval date' using https://www.iranchamber.com/calendar/converter/iranian_calendar_converter.php --> |access-date=28 September 2024}}</ref> in [[Chahriq Rural District]] of [[Kuhsar District]] in [[Salmas County]], [[West Azerbaijan province|West Azerbaijan]] province, [[Iran]].
==History== The "Village of Bahik" is a protocol signed in [[Constantinople]] in 1913 which drew most of the modern Turkey-Iran border. The agreement which was signed in the presence of [[Qajar Iran|Iranian]], [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]], [[Russian Empire|Russian]], and [[British Empire|British]] delegates stipulated that the village of Bahik, in addition to a number of others, remain as a part of Persia, modern day Iran.<ref>{{cite web | title=Iran-Turkey | url=http://www.meij.or.jp/text/border/Iran-Iraq/irnirq1913.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060125041644/http://www.meij.or.jp/text/border/Iran-Iraq/irnirq1913.htm | archive-date=25 January 2006 }}</ref>
After the 2006 National Census, Bahik was merged with the village of [[Zula, Iran|Zula]] to form the new village of [[Zula Bahik]].<ref name="Nostratabad Renamed Takht-e Soleyman"/>
==Demographics== ===Ethnicity=== The village's inhabitants are mainly [[Kurds]], particularly those of the Deri tribe who have lived here for more than five-centuries.{{cn|date=October 2025}}
===Population=== At the time of the 2006 census, Bahik's population was 281 in 56 households,<ref name="2006 West Azerbaijan Province"> {{cite web |script-title=fa:سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان آذربایجان غربی |trans-title=General Population and Housing Census 2006: West Azerbaijan Province |language=fa |website={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|مرکز آمار ایران}} [Statistical Centre of Iran] |url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/04.xls |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094953/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/04.xls |archive-date=20 September 2011 |format=Excel |access-date=25 September 2022}}</ref> when it was a village in [[Chahriq Rural District]].<ref name="Salmas County Rural Districts"> {{cite web |first=Mir-Hossein |last=Mousavi |author-link=Mir-Hossein Mousavi |orig-date={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|تاریخ تصویب}} (Approval date) 1366/02/02 (Iranian Jalali calendar) |date=22 April 1987 <!-- Converted 'Approval date' using https://www.iranchamber.com/calendar/converter/iranian_calendar_converter.php --> |script-title=fa:ایجاد و تشکیل تعداد 7 دهستان شامل روستاها، مزارع و مکانها واقع در شهرستان سلماس تابع استان آذربایجان غربی |trans-title=Creation and formation of seven rural districts including villages, farms and places in Salmas County under West Azerbaijan province |url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/110092 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251021234952/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/110092 |archive-date=21 October 2025 |access-date=21 October 2025 |website={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|لام تا کام}} [Lam ta Kam] |publisher={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|وزارت کشور}} [Ministry of the Interior] |agency={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|هیات وزیران}} [Council of Ministers] |language=fa |id={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|شناسه}} [ID] 9B86F5C0-8C16-4F6C-8154-9247C8CA80E8. {{lang|fa|rtl=yes|شماره دوره}} [Course number] 66, {{lang|fa|rtl=yes|شماره جلد}} [Volume number] 2.}}</ref>
==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]]. The village is located approximately 50 km northwest of the provincial capital of [[Urmia]].
==See also== {{Portal-inline|Iran}} {{clear}}
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060125041644/http://www.meij.or.jp/text/border/Iran-Iraq/irnirq1913.htm Protocol relating to the Delimitation of the Turco-Persian Boundary signed at Constantinople on November 4 1913] * [https://www.fallingrain.com/world/IR/01/Behik2.html "Behik, Iran"] Falling Rain Genomics, Inc.
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{{West Azerbaijan Province|state=collapsed}}
{{Salmas County|state=collapsed}}
[[Category:Populated places in Salmas County]]
[[Category:Neighbourhoods in West Azerbaijan province]]
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