Divandarreh () is a city in the
Central District of
Divandarreh County,
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
Ethnicity
The city is populated by
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 ...
.
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 22,842 in 5,305 households.
The following census in 2011 counted 26,654 people in 6,743 households.
The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 34,007 people in 9,497 households.
See also
Notes
References
Cities in Kurdistan province
Populated places in Divandarreh County
Kurdish settlements in Kurdistan province
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