Javanrud County Explained

Javanrud County
Native Name:Persian: شهرستان جوانرود
Settlement Type:County
Image Map1:IranKermanshah-SVG.svg
Map Caption1:Location of Kermanshah province in Iran
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Kermanshah
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Javanrud
Parts Type:Districts
Parts Style:para
P1:Central
P2:Kalashi
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:75169
Coordinates:34.8833°N 61°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30

Javanrud County (Persian: شهرستان جوانرود) is in Kermanshah province, Iran, part of what is unofficially referred to as Iranian Kurdistan. Its capital is the city of Javanrud.[2]

History

After the 2016 National Census, the village of Sharvineh was elevated to the status of a city.[3]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 census, the county's population was 62,259 in 13,629 households.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 71,235 people in 17,854 households.[5] The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 75,169 in 20,592 households.[6]

Administrative divisions

Javanrud County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.

Javanrud County Population
Administrative Divisions 2006 2011 2016
Central District 53,048 62,255 66,493
5,257 4,836 4,647
4,687 5,936 7,492
Javanrud (city) 43,104 51,483 54,354
Kalashi District 9,211 8,980 8,676
4,392 4,303 4,447
4,819 4,677 4,229
Sharvineh (city)
Total 62,259 71,235 75,169

Geography

The county is bounded in the north and west by Paveh County and Kurdistan province, in the southeast by Ravansar County, and in the southwest by Sarpol-e Zahab County.

See also

Notes and References

  1. ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Javanrud County . . 14 July 2023 . 14 July 2023 . fa.
  2. Web site: Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Bakhtran province, centered in the city of Bakhtran . fa . Research Center of the System of Laws of the Islamic Council of Farabi Mobile Library . https://web.archive.org/web/20130206215420/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/113024 . Ministry of Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board . Habibi . Hassan . 6 February 2013 . 21 June 1369 . 29 January 2024.
  3. Web site: The approvals of the Ministry of Interior regarding the transformation of villages in the center of the district into cities . fa . Lamtakam . https://web.archive.org/web/20231207212447/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/1072348 . Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers . Fazli . Abdolreza Rahmani . 21 June 1369 . 7 December 2023 . 7 December 2023.
  4. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006) . 05 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 25 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094844/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/05.xls . Excel . 20 September 2011.
  5. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011) . 05 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . Syracuse University . https://web.archive.org/web/20230118172226/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Kermanshah.xls . 18 January 2023 . 19 December 2022 . Excel.
  6. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) . 05 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220403212203/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_05.xlsx . Excel . 3 April 2022.