Khal Khal, Kermanshah Explained

Official Name:Khal Khal
Native Name:خلخال
Settlement Type:village
Pushpin Map:Iran
Mapsize:150px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Kermanshah
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Kermanshah
Subdivision Type3:Bakhsh
Subdivision Name3:Central
Subdivision Type4:Rural District
Subdivision Name4:Dorudfaraman
Population As Of:2006
Population Total:120
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30
Timezone Dst:IRDT
Utc Offset Dst:+4:30
Coordinates:34.2803°N 47.3461°W

Khal Khal (Persian: خلخال, also Romanized as Khāl Khāl) is a village in Dorudfaraman Rural District, in the Central District of Kermanshah County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 120, in 23 families.

According to Vladimir Minorsky, the name of this village may indicate a connection with the ancient Kharkhar kingdom, which existed somewhere in the eastern Zagros Mountains in Neo-Assyrian times.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Minorsky, Vladimir . Vladimir Minorsky . Mongol Place-Names in Mukri Kurdistan . Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London . 1957 . 19 . 1 . 58–81 . 12 October 2022.