Javanrud County ( fa, شهرستان جوانرود) is in

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province,

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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

Javanrud Javanrud (; fa, جوانرود; also Romanized as Javānrūd; also known as Qal‘a Jūanrūd, Qal‘eh Jūānrūd, and Qal‘eh-ye Javānrūd, all meaning "Fort Javanrud", and Jūānrū) is a city in Javanrud County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. ...

. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 62,259 in 13,629 households. The following census in 2011 counted 71,235 people in 17,854 households. At the 2016 census, the county's population was 75,169 in 20,592 households. The county is bounded in the north and west by

Paveh County Paveh ( fa, Pâveh, ku, Pawe , پاوە, also Romanized as Pāveh, Pawah, and Pāweh) is a city and capital of Paveh County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. It is located in a region called Hawraman. The first language spoken by the population in ...

and Kurdistan province, in the southeast by Ravansar County, and in the southwest by

Sarpol-e Zahab County Sarpol-e Zahab County ( fa, شهرستان سرپل ذهاب, ''Šaharestâne Sarpole Zahâb''; Sarpell-i zahaw (Kurdish: سه‌رپێڵی زه‌هاو, ''Serpêllî Zehaw'') is in Kermanshah province, Iran. The capital of the county is the ...

Administrative divisions

The population history of Javanrud County's administrative divisions over three consecutive censuses is shown in the following table. The latest census shows two districts, four rural districts, and one city.

References

Counties of Kermanshah Province {{Kermanshah-geo-stub