Javanrud County

For the city, see Javanrud.

Javanrud County Persian: شهرستان جوانرود
County
Location of Javanrud County in Kermanshah province (top left, yellow)
Location of Kermanshah province in Iran
Coordinates: 34°53′N 46°15′E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Kermanshah
Capital	Javanrud
Districts	Central, Kalashi
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	75,169
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
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Javanrud County (Persian: شهرستان جوانرود) is in Kermanshah province, Iran, part of what is unofficially referred to as Iranian Kurdistan. Its capital is the city of Javanrud.^[3]

History

After the 2016 National Census, the village of Sharvineh was elevated to the status of a city.^[4]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 census, the county's population was 62,259 in 13,629 households.^[5] The following census in 2011 counted 71,235 people in 17,854 households.^[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 75,169 in 20,592 households.^[2]

Administrative divisions

Javanrud County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.

Javanrud County Population

Administrative Divisions	2006[5]	2011[6]	2016[2]
Central District	53,048	62,255	66,493
Bazan RD	5,257	4,836	4,647
Palanganeh RD	4,687	5,936	7,492
Javanrud (city)	43,104	51,483	54,354
Kalashi District	9,211	8,980	8,676
Kalashi RD	4,392	4,303	4,447
Sharvineh RD	4,819	4,677	4,229
Sharvineh (city)[a]
Total	62,259	71,235	75,169
RD = Rural District

Geography

The county is bounded in the north and west by Paveh County and Kurdistan province, in the southeast by Ravansar County, and in the southwest by Sarpol-e Zahab County.

See also

Media related to Javanrud County at Wikimedia Commons

Iran portal

Notes

1. Became a city after the 2016 census^[4]

References

1. OpenStreetMap contributors (11 December 2024). "Javanrud County" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 11 December 2024.
2. Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Kermanshah Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
3. Habibi, Hassan (19 November 2013) [Approved 21 June 1369]. Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Bakhtran province, centered in the city of Bakhtran. rc.majlis.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board. Proposal 3233.1.5.53; Letter 93808/907; Notification 82832/T122K. Archived from the original on 6 February 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2024 – via Research Center of the System of Laws of the Islamic Council of Farabi Mobile Library.
4. Fazli, Abdolreza Rahmani (21 June 1369) [Approved 17 May 1396]. The approvals of the Ministry of the Interior regarding the transformation of villages in the center of the district into cities. lamtakam.com (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers. Letter 33667/59806. Archived from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023 – via Lam ta Kam.
5. Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Kermanshah Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
6. Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Kermanshah Province. irandataportal.syr.edu (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022 – via Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University.