Uraman Takht Explained

Uraman Takht
Native Name:	Persian: اورامان تخت ھەورامان تەخت\|label=[[Gorani_language\|Hawrami Kurdish]]
Native Name Lang:	fa
Settlement Type:	City
Pushpin Map:	Iran#Iran Kurdistan
Coordinates Footnotes:	^[1]
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Iran
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Name1:	Kurdistan
Subdivision Type2:	County
Subdivision Name2:	Sarvabad
Subdivision Type3:	District
Subdivision Name3:	Uraman
Unit Pref:	Metric
Population As Of:	2016
Population Total:	3176
Population Density Km2:	auto
Timezone:	IRST
Utc Offset:	+3:30

Uraman Takht (Persian: اورامان تخت) is a city in, and the capital of, Uraman District of Sarvabad County, Kurdistan province, Iran.^[2] It also serves as the administrative center for Uraman Takht Rural District.^[3]

Demographics

Etnicity

The city is populated by Kurds.^[4]

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, Uraman Takht's population was 2,754 in 644 households, when it was a village in Uraman Takht Rural District.^[5] The following census in 2011 counted 2,761 people in 711 households.^[6] The 2016 census measured the population as 3,176 people in 911 households,^[7] by which time the village had been elevated to the status of a city.^[2]

History

During the Iran-Iraq war, Uraman Takht, as the center of Uraman region, came under the control of the Sipay Rizgari group led by Sheykh Osman Naqshbandi. In September-October 1981, it was at the center of a battle for control over the region, before being recaptured by Iranian forces. Approximately 50 Sipay Rizgari fighters were killed and 200 captured by Iranian forces during the battle for the city.^[8]

Notes and References

((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Uraman Takht, Sarvabad County . . 21 August 2023 . 21 August 2023 . fa.
Web site: Approval letter regarding the transformation of Uraman Takht village, the center of Uraman District of Sarvabad County in Kurdistan province, into a city . fa . Lamtakam . https://web.archive.org/web/20240122184342/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/792464 . Ministry of Interior, Political and Defense Commission . Rahimi . Mohammad Reza . 22 January 2024 . 14 January 2013 . 22 January 2024.
Web site: Creation and formation of 12 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Marivan County under Kurdistan province . fa . Islamic Parliament Research Center . https://web.archive.org/web/20150905192528/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/108029 . Ministry of Interior, Board of Ministers. Mousavi . Mirhossein . 5 September 2015 . 18 May 1366 . 22 January 2024.
Web site: Language distribution in Kordestan Province, Iran. https://archive.today/20230528185020/http://iranatlas.net/index.html?module=module.language-distribution.kordestan. 28 May 2023. Atlas of the languages of Iran (ALI). Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre, Carleton University. Mohammadirad. Masoud. Anonby. Erik. etal. live.
Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006) . 12 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 25 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920092008/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/12.xls . Excel . 20 September 2011.
Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011) . 12 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . Syracuse University . https://web.archive.org/web/20230119120701/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Kurdistan.xls . 19 January 2023 . 19 December 2022 . Excel.
Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) . 12 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220508185635/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_12.xlsx . Excel . 8 May 2022.
Web site: 13 February 2017 . عملیات اورامان تخت و پایان عمر سیاسی گروهک رزگاری . The Owraman Takht operation and the end of the political life of Rizgari group . Šabake-ye Ettelāresāni-ye Rāh-e Dānā . fa.