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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

* Emirate of Bradost * Assyrian genocide * List of Assyrian settlements * Assyrian homeland * Margawar


References

Rural Districts of West Azerbaijan province Populated places in Urmia County Places of the Sayfo Kurdish settlements in West Azerbaijan province {{Urmia-geo-stub