Kerend-e Gharb ( ku, نكرن ,کرن, Kirin, fa, كرندغرب; also known as Kerend, Karand, and Karīnd) is a city and capital of
Dalahu County
Dalahu County ( fa, شهرستان دالاهو, ''Ŝāhrestāne Dālāhu'') is located in Kermanshah province, Iran. The capital of the county is Kerend-e Gharb. It was separated from Eslamabad-e Gharb County
Eslamabad-e Gharb County ( fa ...
,
Kermanshah Province,
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
. At the 2006 census, its population was 7,894, in 2,041 families.
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 Ir ...
and is important in the
Yarsani religion as it is the location of the tombs of the holy men Pir Benjamin and Pir Musi.
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Language
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See also
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References
Cities in Kermanshah Province
Kurdish settlements in Kermanshah Province
Populated places in Dalahu County
Yarsan holy places
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