Ghorveh County ( fa, شهرستان قروه) 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
Ghorveh
Qorveh ( fa, قروه; ku, قوروە, translit=Qurwe; also Romanized as Qurve and Qurveh) is a city and capital of Qorveh County, Kurdistan Province, Iran. At the 2011 census, its population was 136,961
Demographics
A majority of the populat ...
. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 196,972 in 47,214 households.
The following census in 2011 counted 136,961 people in 38,161 households, by which time Yeylan District had been separated from the county to become
Dehgolan County
Dehgolan County ( fa, شهرستان دهگلان; Kurdish: Dêgûlan) is in Kurdistan province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Dehgolan. At the 2006 census, the region's population (as Yeylan District of Ghorveh County
...
.
At the 2016 census, the county's population was 140,192 in 42,905 households.
Administrative divisions
The population history and structural changes of Ghorveh County's administrative divisions over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table. The latest census shows four districts, 10 rural districts, and four cities.
References
Counties of Kurdistan Province
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