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Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

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Province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...

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Kermanshah Kermanshah ( fa, کرمانشاه, Kermânšâh ), also known as Kermashan (; romanized: Kirmaşan), is the capital of Kermanshah Province, located from Tehran in the western part of Iran. According to the 2016 census, its population is 946,68 ...

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County A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposes Chambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...

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District A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...

, subdivision_name3 = Bilavar , established_title = , established_date = , founder = , leader_title = , leader_name = , leader_title1 = , leader_name1 = , unit_pref = Metric , area_footnotes = , area_total_km2 = , elevation_footnotes = , elevation_m = , population_footnotes = , population_as_of = 2016 , population_total = 1130 , population_density_km2 = auto , population_note = , population_demonym = , timezone =

IRST An infrared search and track (IRST) system (sometimes known as infrared sighting and tracking) is a method for detecting and tracking objects which give off infrared radiation, such as the infrared signatures of jet aircraft and helicopters. IR ...

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Kermanshah County Kermanshah County ( fa, شارستان کرماشان) is located in Kermanshah province, Iran. The capital of the county is Kermanshah. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 950,400, in 235,408 households. Retrieved 1 November 2022 At ...

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Razavar Rural District Razavar Rural District ( fa, دهستان رازآور) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in the Central District of Kermanshah County, Kermanshah Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Pe ...

. At the 2006 National Census, its population was 978 in 230 households, when it was a village in Razavar Rural District of the Central District). The following census in 2011 counted 1,160 people in 316 households, by which time the rural district had been separated from the district in the establishment of the new Bilavar District. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 1,130 people in 315 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district. After the census, the village of Qaleh was elevated to the status of a city.

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Cities in Kermanshah Province Populated places in Kermanshah County {{KermanshahCounty-geo-stub