Qorveh () is a city in the
Central District of
Qorveh County
Qorveh County () is in Kurdistan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Qorveh.
History
After the 2006 National Census, Yeylaq District
Yeylaq District () is a former administrative division of Qorveh County, Kurdistan provinc ...
,
Kurdistan
Kurdistan (, ; ), or Greater Kurdistan, is a roughly defined geo- cultural region in West Asia wherein the Kurds form a prominent majority population and the Kurdish culture, languages, and national identity have historically been based. G ...
province,
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
, serving as capital of both the county and the district.
Demographics
Language and ethnicity
A majority of the population speak
Kurdish
Kurdish may refer to:
*Kurds or Kurdish people
*Kurdish language
** Northern Kurdish (Kurmanji)
**Central Kurdish (Sorani)
**Southern Kurdish
** Laki Kurdish
*Kurdish alphabets
*Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes:
**Southern ...
with a
Turkic minority.
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 65,842 in 16,309 households.
The following census in 2011 counted 71,232 people in 19,869 households.
The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 78,276 people in 24,111 households.
Geography
Qorveh is home to numerous peaks and elevations. Among them, the most noteworthy are Mount Parishaan, Mount Badr, Panjeh Ali, Ebrahim Attar, Yousef Siah, Shaban Kechal, Khersa Rih, and Seh Zardeh. The most significant of these are Mount Badr and Mount Parishaan.
See also
Notes
References
External links
Qorveh municipality
Populated places in Qorveh County
Cities in Kurdistan province
Kurdish settlements in Kurdistan province
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