Sarpol-e Zahab explained

Sarpol-e Zahab
Native Name:Persian: سرپل ذهاب
Native Name Lang:fa
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Iran
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Iran
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Kermanshah
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Sarpol-e Zahab
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Central
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:45481
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30
Official Name:Serpêlî Zehaw

Sarpol-e Zahab (Persian: سرپل ذهاب) is a city in the Central District of Sarpol-e Zahab County, Kermanshah province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[2] The town is close to Qasr-e Shirin and the Iraqi border.[3]

Demographics

Language and ethnicity

The town is populated by Kurds.[4]

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 34,632 in 8,210 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 35,809 people in 9,447 households.[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 45,481 people in 12,850 households.[7]

Reliefs

The area of Sar-e Pol-e Zahab has several more or less well preserved reliefs of the Lullubi kingdom, as well as a Parthian relief.

Lullubian reliefs

The most famous of these reliefs is the Anubanini rock relief. Another relief named Sar-e Pol-e Zohab I is about 200 meters away, in a style similar to the Anubanini relief, but this time with a beardless ruler.[8] The attribution to a specific ruler remains uncertain.[8] There are also other Lullubian relief in the same area of Sar-e Pol-e Zahab.[9]

Parthian relief

Another relief is located below the Anubanini relief, lower on the cliff. This relief was created during the Parthian Empire in the name of Gotarzes, possibly Gotarzes I, but more probably the Parthian king Gotarzes II, who ruled from 39 to 51 CE and is known to have made other reliefs, such as the equestrian relief at Behistun.[10] [11]

See also

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Sarpol-e Zahab, Sarpol-e Zahab County . . 18 July 2023 . 18 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. سرپل ذهاب پیشنهادی برای جاینام حلوان بر اساس مطالعه ی مدارک نوشتاری . نشریه پژوهش های باستان شناسی ایران . 6 . 11 . 107–116 . خسروزاده . علیرضا . نظری . سامر .
  4. Web site: Language distribution: Kermanshah Province. 27 March 2021. Iran Atlas.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Book: Osborne . James F. . Approaching Monumentality in Archaeology . 2014 . SUNY Press . 9781438453255 . 123–124 . en.
  9. Book: Vanden Berghe . Louis . Relief Sculptures de Iran Ancien . 19-21 .
  10. Book: Vanden Berghe . Louis . Relief Sculptures de Iran Ancien . 45 .
  11. Book: Deuren . Greet van . Iran . 2017 . Gottmer Uitgevers Groep b.v. . 9789025763961 . nl.

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