Marivan County ( fa, شهرستان مریوان, ku, شارستانی مەریوان) is in

Kurdistan Kurdistan ( ku, کوردستان ,Kurdistan ; lit. "land of the Kurds") or Greater Kurdistan is a roughly defined geo-cultural territory in Western Asia wherein the Kurds form a prominent majority population and the Kurdish culture, Kurdish la ...

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 ...

. The capital of the county is the city of

Marivan Mariwan ( fa, مريوان; ) also known as Qale Marīvān - "Fort Marivan"; formerly, Dezhe Shahpur (Persian: دِژ شاهپور), also Romanized as Dezhe Shāhpūr and Dezhe Shapoor) is a town in – and the capital of – Marivan Co ...

. Marivan County is bordered by

Saqqez County Saqqez County ( fa, شهرستان سقز, ''Šaharstān-e Saqqez''; Sorani Kurdish: ) is in Kurdistan province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Saqqez Saqqez ( ; fa, سقز ; ), also known as Saghez, Saqez, Saqqiz, Saqiz, a ...

to the north,

Sanandaj County Sanandaj County ( fa, شهرستان سنندج) is located in Kurdistan 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 Tur ...

to the east and southeast,

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 ...

to the south, and

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

to the west and northwest. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 150,926 in 35,498 households. The following census in 2011 counted 168,774 people in 44,258 households. At the 2016 census, the county's population was 195,263 in 55,603 households. Of these, 151,188 lived in urban centres while 44,075 lived in rural regions; 99,956 were male and 95,307 were female. The county is the third most populous in Kurdistan province.

Administrative divisions

Until 1958 the county was known as Marivan District and was one of the districts of

. At that time,

Kalatrazan District Kalatrazan District ( fa, بخش کلاترزان) is a district (bakhsh) in Sanandaj County, Kurdistan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. I ...

Sarvabad County Sarvabad County ( fa, شهرستان سروآباد) is in Kurdistan 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 Turke ...

, and Sarshiv District were parts of Marivan District. The population history and structural changes of Marivan County's administrative divisions over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table. The latest census shows three districts, six rural districts, and four cities.

References

Counties of Kurdistan Province {{KurdistanIR-geo-stub