The earliest mention of Sopurghan is found in a letter to Pope Pius IV in 1562. The village is mentioned again in a manuscript donated to a church in Jerusalem in 1612.
Evidence from tombstones in the village cemetery showAssyrian presence in the village as early as 668 AD. In 1840, American Protestant missionaries built a primary school in the region. In 1862, a Russian survey showed 172 families and 2 priests living in the village. In 1883, a missionary established girls' school in the village, and in 1887, andAnglican mission established a Middle School for boys below 17.[6]
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 243 in 71 households.[7] The following census in 2011 counted 84 people in 25 households.[8] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 216 people in 75 households.[2]
^Sopurghan can be found atGEOnet Names Server, atthis link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3086136" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
^Mousavi, Mir-Hossein (22 April 1987) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1366/02/02 (Iranian Jalali calendar)].ایجاد و تشکیل 20 دهستان شامل روستاها، مزارع و مکانهای در شهرستان ارومیه تابع استان آذربایجان غربی [Creation and formation of 20 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Urmia County under West Azerbaijan province].لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian).وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior].هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers].شناسه [ID] 7DD016E4-E840-4986-9FDD-044DD3A0B2EE.شماره دوره [Course number] 66. Archived fromthe original on 2 November 2025. Retrieved2 November 2025.
^سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان آذربایجان غربی [General Population and Housing Census 2006: West Azerbaijan Province].مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived fromthe original(Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved25 September 2022.
^سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان آذربایجان غربی [General Population and Housing Census 2011: West Azerbaijan Province].Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian).مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived fromthe original(Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved19 December 2022.
