Yengejeh (; ) is a village in Tala Tappeh Rural District of Nazlu District in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.
History In 1862, Yangījā (today called Yengejeh) was inhabited by 65 Church of the East Christian families and was served by one priest and the Church of Mart Maryam, according to the Russian archimandrite Sophoniah. There were 24 Church of the East Christian families with one priest and one church at the village in 1877, as per Edward Lewes Cutts. The village was entirely populated by Christians, prior to the First World War, according to the list prepared by Basil Nikitin, the Russian consul at Urmia. It was located in the Anzel district.
Demographics Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 99 in 25 households. The following census in 2011 counted 65 people in 19 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 90 people in 32 households.
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