Negel ( fa, نگل; also known as Nigal, Nīgel, and Nowgel) is a village in
Negel Rural District
Negel Rural District ( fa, دهستان نگل) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in Kalatrazan District, Sanandaj County, Kurdistan Province, Iran
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Kalatrazan District
Kalatrazan District ( fa, بخش کلاترزان) is a district (bakhsh) in Sanandaj County, Kurdistan Province, Iran
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Sanandaj County
Sanandaj County ( fa, شهرستان سنندج) is located in Kurdistan province, Iran
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Kurdistan Province,
Iran
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. At the 2006 census, its population was 1,697, in 414 families. The village is populated by
Kurds ug:كۇردلار
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An old manuscript copy of the Quran is kept in a safe in the village’s mosque. The copy is a parchment with the verses of the Quran written in Kufic script.
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Towns and villages in Sanandaj County
Kurdish settlements in Kurdistan Province
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