Eslamabad-e Gharb ( fa, اسلامآباد غرب; also
Romanize
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d as Eslāmābād-e Gharb; also known as Eslāmābād, Shāhābād, and Shāhābād-e Gharb), is a city and capital of
Eslamabad-e Gharb County
Eslamabad-e Gharb County ( fa, شهرستان اسلامآباد غرب) is in Kermanshah province, Kermanshah province, Iran, part of what is unofficially referred to as Iranian Kurdistan. The capital of the county is the city of Eslamabad ...
,
Kermanshah Province,
Iran
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. At the 2006 census, its population was 89,430, in 20,956 families. It is the second largest city in the province and is known for its
oak
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trees.
Demographics
The city is populated by
Kurds ug:كۇردلار
Kurds ( ku, کورد ,Kurd, italic=yes, rtl=yes) or Kurdish people are an Iranian ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Ira ...
.
Infrastructure
Roads
Road 48 (Iran) passes by the city through the ring road. It is also connected to
road 17 (Iran) and
road 19 (Iran)
Road 19 is a road in western Iran. It connects Islamabad-e Qarb to Poldokhtar and to Tehran-Ahvaz Road
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.
Rail
The Kermanshah-Eslamabad-e Gharb line of
Rahahane Gharb
Rahahane Gharb (Persian: راه آهن غرب) or Iran's west railway is a partially finished railway corridor in western Iran.
Sections and route
The west railway consists of Malayer– Khosravi corridor which will eventually run to the border wi ...
is planned to be completed by 1403
Iranian year.
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See also
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Mojtaba Bakhshipour
Mojtaba Bakhshipour, (Mojtaba Bakhshi-Pour) ( fa, مجتبی بخشی پور) is an Iranian Principlist representative of Iran's Islamic Consultative Assembly in the city of Eslamabad-e Gharb (and Dalahoun) from Kermanshah province who was ele ...
, the current representative of the city in the
Parliament
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Kalhor
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Ghalajeh tunnel Ghalajeh tunnel (Persian: تونل قلاجه) or Arba'een tunnel is a tunnel half of which is located in Eyvan County in Ilam Province and the other half in Gwawar District of Gilan-e Gharb County in Kermanshah Province of Iran
Iran, ...
References
Populated places in Eslamabad-e Gharb County
Cities in Kermanshah Province
Kurdish settlements in Kermanshah Province
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