Bijar County () is in
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. Its capital is the city of
Bijar.
History
After the 2011 National Census, the villages of
Pir Taj and
Tup Aghaj were elevated to city status.
Demographics
Language and ethnicity
The people of the county are
Kurds
Kurds (), or the Kurdish people, are an Iranian peoples, Iranic ethnic group from West Asia. They are indigenous to Kurdistan, which is a geographic region spanning southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northeastern Syri ...
and 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 ...
.
Population
At the time of the 2006 census, the county's population was 95,461 in 23,614 households.
The following census in 2011 counted 93,714 people in 26,068 households.
The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 89,162 in 27,759 households.
Administrative divisions
Bijar County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.
See also
Notes
References
Bijar County
Counties of Kurdistan province
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