Eslamabad-e Gharb County ( fa, شهرستان اسلامآباد غرب) is in
Kermanshah
Kermanshah ( fa, کرمانشاه, Kermânšâh ), also known as Kermashan (; romanized: Kirmaşan), is the capital of Kermanshah Province, located from Tehran in the western part of Iran. According to the 2016 census, its population is 946,68 ...
province,
Iran
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, part of what is unofficially referred to as
Iranian Kurdistan
Iranian Kurdistan or Eastern Kurdistan ( ku, ڕۆژھەڵاتی کوردستان, translit=Rojhilatê Kurdistanê) is an unofficial name for the parts of northwestern Iran with either a majority or sizable population of Kurds. Geographically, it ...
. The capital of the county is the city of
Eslamabad-e Gharb
Eslamabad-e Gharb ( fa, اسلامآباد غرب; also Romanized as Eslāmābād-e Gharb; also known as Eslāmābād, Shāhābād, and Shāhābād-e Gharb), is a city and capital of Eslamabad-e Gharb County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. At the ...
. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 149,376 in 34,270 households.
The following census in 2011 counted 151,473 people in 40,086 households.
At the 2016 census, the county's population was 140,876 in 40,911 households.
Administrative divisions
The population history of Eslamabad-e Gharb County's administrative divisions over three consecutive censuses is shown in the following table. The latest census shows two districts, seven rural districts, and two cities.
See also
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Kalhor
References
Counties of Kermanshah Province
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