Sumar, Iran

For the administrative divisions, see Sumar District and Sumar Rural District.

Sumar Persian: سومار
City
Sumar
Coordinates: 33°53′09″N 45°38′22″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Kermanshah
County	Qasr-e Shirin
District	Sumar
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	180
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Sumar (Persian: سومار)^[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Sumar District of Qasr-e Shirin County, Kermanshah province, Iran.^[4]

Demographics

Ethnicity

The city is populated by Kurds.^[5]

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 20 in 15 households.^[6] The following census in 2011 counted 9 people in 5 households.^[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 180 people in 9 households.^[2]

Border market

Sumar border market was inaugurated as the ninth border market on the Iranian side of the Iran-Iraq border on 5 April 2015. 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 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 to Iraq. Currently, Parviz 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.^[8]

See also

• Soumar (missile), is named after this city.
• Kalhor
• Naft shahr
• Eyvan
• Eyvan County
• Ghalajeh tunnel
• Gilan-e Gharb County

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Notes

1. Also romanized as Sowmār and Sūmār; also known as Soormar^[3]

References

1. OpenStreetMap contributors (12 December 2024). "Sumar, Qasr-e Shirin County" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 12 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. Sumar, Iran can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3086414" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
4. 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.
5. "Language distribution: Kermanshah Province". Iran Atlas. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. "Trade with Iraq Rising". 7 April 2015.