Targavar Rural District () is in
Silvaneh District of
Urmia County,
West Azerbaijan
West Azerbaijan province () is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, provinces of Iran, whose capital and largest city is Urmia.
It is in the Azerbaijan (Iran), northwest of the country, bordered by Turkey (Ağrı Province, Ağrı, Hakkâri Pr ...
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 ...
.
Its capital is the village of
Mavana.
History
The district was home to a significant
Assyrian Christian population before the
Assyrian genocide, but is mostly populated by
Herki 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 ...
today.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population was 7,893 in 1,344 households.
There were 7,765 inhabitants in 1,603 households at the following census of 2011.
The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 8,381 in 1,862 households. The most populous of its 39 villages was
Mavana, with 1,314 people.
See also
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Emirate of Bradost
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Assyrian genocide
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List of Assyrian settlements
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Assyrian homeland
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Margawar
References
Rural Districts of West Azerbaijan province
Populated places in Urmia County
Places of the Sayfo
Kurdish settlements in West Azerbaijan province
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