Sumar ( fa, سومار; also
Romanize
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d as Sūmār, Soormar, and Sowmār) is a city and capital of
Sumar District, in
Qasr-e Shirin County
Qasr-e Shirin County ( fa, شهرستان قصر شیرین) is in Kermanshah province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Qasr-e Shirin
Qasr-e Shirin ( fa, قصرشيرين; also Romanized as Qaşr-e Shīrīn and Qasr-ī-Shīr� ...
,
Kermanshah Province,
Iran
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. At the 2006 census, its population was 20, in 15 families, making it Iran's least populous settlement with city status. The village is populated by
Kurds ug:كۇردلار
Kurds ( ku, کورد ,Kurd, italic=yes, rtl=yes) or Kurdish people are an Iranian peoples, Iranian ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Ir ...
.
Border market
Sumar border market was inaugurated as the ninth border market on the Iranian side of
Iran-Iraq border on 5 April
2015
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.The border market, in which more than 100 billion rials has been invested, was officially inaugurated during a ceremony attended by the governors of Kermanshah and the Iraqi
province of Dialeh. It is located in the
Sumar-Mandali border region. As its first commercial activity, the 40-hectare border market's primary aim was to export 200 tons of
cement
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to Iraq. Currently,
Parvizkhan border market near the city of Qasr-e Shirin is the major export channel through which 52% of the Iranian goods are exported to Iraq.
See also
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Soumar (missile), is named after this city.
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Naft shahr
Naft Shahr ( ku, نەفتشار, fa, نفت شهر; also known as Naft Shah, Naft Shāh, Naft-e Shah, Naft-e Shāh, Naft-i-Shah, Naft-ī-Shah) is a district of Qasr-e Shirin County, in Kermanshah Province of Iran. It is a sub-district of Sumar ...
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Eyvan County
Eyvan County, alternately spelled Eywan or Aivan ( fa, شهرستان ایوان, ''Shahrestān-e Eyvan'') is located in Ilam province, Iran. The capital of the county is Eyvan. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 47,380, in 10,040 ...
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Ghalajeh tunnel
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Gilan-e Gharb County
Gilan-e Gharb County ( fa, شهرستان گیلان غرب); Gellan ( ku, گێڵان and گیەڵان) is located in Kermanshah province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country ...
References
Populated places in Qasr-e Shirin County
Cities in Kermanshah Province
Destroyed cities
Kurdish settlements in Kermanshah Province
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