Keshavarz () is a city in, and the capital of,
Keshavarz District
Keshavarz District () is in Shahin Dezh County
Shahin Dezh County () is in West Azerbaijan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Shahin Dezh.
Demographics Ethnicity and religion
About 70% of the population of the county are Sh ...
of
Shahin Dezh County
Shahin Dezh County () is in West Azerbaijan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Shahin Dezh.
Demographics Ethnicity and religion
About 70% of the population of the county are Shia Azerbaijanis and 30% are Sunni Kurds
Kurds ( ...
,
West Azerbaijan province, Iran.
It also serves as the administrative center for
Keshavarz Rural District
Keshavarz Rural District () is in Keshavarz District of Shahin Dezh County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran. It is administered from the city of Keshavarz.
Demographics Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district ...
.
Keshavarz is on the
Zarrineh River
The Zarrineh Rud ( ) is a river in Kurdistan Province and West Azarbaijan Province, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.
It is 302 km long, arising in the Zagros Mountains of Kurdistan Province south of Saqqez, where it is also known as the Jagha ...
.
Demographics
Ethnicity
The city is populated by
Azerbaijanians
Azerbaijanis (; , ), Azeris (, ), or Azerbaijani Turks (, ) are a Turkic peoples, Turkic ethnic group living mainly in the Azerbaijan (Iran), Azerbaijan region of northwestern Iran and the Azerbaijan, Republic of Azerbaijan. They are predomin ...
and
Kurds
Kurds (), or the Kurdish people, are an Iranian peoples, Iranic ethnic group from West Asia. They are indigenous to Kurdistan, which is a geographic region spanning southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northeastern Syri ...
.
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 3,538 in 940 households.
The following census in 2011 counted 3,904 people in 1,154 households.
The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 4,138 people in 1,248 households.
See also
Notes
References
Cities in West Azerbaijan province
Populated places in Shahin Dezh County
Kurdish settlements in West Azerbaijan province
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