Saqqez County ( fa, شهرستان سقز, ''Šaharstān-e Saqqez'';

Sorani Kurdish Central Kurdish (), also called Sorani (), is a Kurdish dialect or a language that is spoken in Iraq, mainly in Iraqi Kurdistan, as well as the provinces of Kurdistan, Kermanshah, and West Azerbaijan in western Iran. Sorani is one of the two o ...

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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, languages ...

province,

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. The capital of the county is the city of

Saqqez Saqqez ( ; fa, سقز ; ), also known as Saghez, Saqez, Saqqiz, Saqiz, and Sakīz, is the capital city of Saqqez County in Kurdistan Province, in northwestern Iran. According to the 2016 census, its population was 165,258. Etymology The nam ...

. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 205,250 in 45,909 households. The following census in 2011 counted 210,820 people in 53,939 households. At the 2016 census, the county's population was 226,451 in 64,384 households.

Administrative divisions

The population history and structural changes of Saqqez County's administrative divisions over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table. The latest census shows four districts, 11 rural districts, and two cities.

References

Counties of Kurdistan Province {{KurdistanIR-geo-stub