Targavar Rural District Explained

Targavar Rural District
Native Name:Persian: دهستان ترگور
Native Name Lang:fa
Settlement Type:Rural District
Pushpin Map:Iran
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Iran
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:West Azerbaijan
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Urmia
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Silvaneh
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Mavana
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:8381
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30

Targavar Rural District (Persian: دهستان ترگور) is in Silvaneh District of Urmia County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.[2] Its capital is the village of Mavana.[3]

History

The district was home to a significant Assyrian population before the Assyrian genocide, but is mostly populated by Herki Kurds today.[4] [5] [6]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population was 7,893 in 1,344 households.[7] There were 7,765 inhabitants in 1,603 households at the following census of 2011.[8] The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 8,381 in 1,862 households. The most populous of its 39 villages was Mavana, with 1,314 people.[9]

See also

Notes and References

  1. ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Targavar Rural District (Urmia County) . . 10 March 2023 . 10 March 2023 . fa.
  2. Web site: Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the country divisions of West Azerbaijan province, centered in the city of Urmia . fa . Lamtakam . https://web.archive.org/web/20231220192713/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113037 . Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers . Habibi . Hassan . 7 July 1369 . 20 December 2023 . 20 December 2023.
  3. Web site: Creation and formation of 20 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Urmia County under West Azerbaijan province . fa . Islamic Parliament Research Center . https://web.archive.org/web/20120423175105/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110051 . Ministry of Interior, Board of Ministers . Mousavi . Mirhossein . 23 April 2012 . 2 February 1366 . 14 December 2023.
  4. Travis. Hannibal. December 2006. ‘‘Native Christians Massacred’’: The Ottoman Genocide of the Assyrians during World War I. Florida International University College of Law. 333.
  5. Book: Borhanedin A. Yassin. Vision Or Reality?: The Kurds in the Policy of the Great Powers, 1941-1947. 1995. Lund University Press. 9780862383893. 61.
  6. Book: Kahn, Margaret. Children of the jinn: in search of the Kurds and their country. registration. Seaview Books. 1980. 9780872235649. 48.
  7. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006) . 04 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 25 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094953/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/04.xls . Excel . 20 September 2011.
  8. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011) . 04 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . Syracuse University . https://web.archive.org/web/20230120205939/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/West-Azerbaijan.xls . 20 January 2023. 19 December 2022 . Excel.
  9. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) . 04 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220830042935/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_04.xlsx . Excel . 30 August 2022.

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