Gangachin (; ) is a village in Beradust Rural District of Sumay-ye Beradust District in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.
History Gangājīn was inhabited by 10 Church of the East Christian families and did not have a church in 1877, as per Edward Lewes Cutts. It was located in the Tergāwār district. Prior to the First World War, there were 250 Assyrian houses at Gangājīn, as per the list presented by Agha Petros to the Lausanne Peace Conference in 1922.
Demographics Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 2,682 in 472 households. The following census in 2011 counted 2,458 people in 566 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 2,488 people in 546 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.
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