Shamshir Rural District () is in the
Central District of
Paveh County
Paveh County () is in Kermanshah
Kermanshah is a city in the Central District (Kermanshah County), Central District of Kermanshah province, Kermanshah province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. T ...
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Kermanshah
Kermanshah is a city in the Central District (Kermanshah County), Central District of Kermanshah province, Kermanshah province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. The city is from Tehran in the western pa ...
province,
Iran
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Its capital is the village of
Shamshir
A shamshir () is a type of Persian/Iranian sword with a radical curve. The name is derived from the Persian word ''shamshīr'', which is made of two words ''sham'' ("fang") and ''shir'' ("lion"). The curved " scimitar" sword family includes the ...
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The previous capital of the rural district was the village of
Churizhi,
now a neighborhood in the city of
Paveh
Paveh ( Persian and Kurdish: پاوه) is a city in the Central District of Paveh County, Kermanshah province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. It is in a region called Hawraman.
History
An old myth regarding ...
with a population of 3,500 people.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population was 8,680 in 2,138 households.
There were 9,167 inhabitants in 2,593 households at the following census of 2011.
The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 10,234 in 3,044 households. The most populous of its eight villages was
Durisan (now a neighborhood in the city of
Paveh
Paveh ( Persian and Kurdish: پاوه) is a city in the Central District of Paveh County, Kermanshah province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. It is in a region called Hawraman.
History
An old myth regarding ...
),
See also
References
Rural Districts of Kermanshah province
Populated places in Paveh County
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