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Kerend-e Gharb

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Kerend-e Gharb
Persian: كرندغرب
City
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CountryIran
ProvinceKermanshah
CountyDalahu
DistrictCentral
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total
7,798
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
Kurds on the Roof, a scene painted by Jāzeps Grosvalds while he was British first lieutenant of the British Expeditionary Group. The scene was painted when they crossed Kerend near Kermanshah.

Kerend-e Gharb (Persian: كرندغرب)[a] is a city in the Central District of Dalahu County, Kermanshah province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[4]

Demographics

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Language and ethnicity

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The city is populated by Kurds and is important in the Yarsani religion as it is the location of the tombs of the holy men Pir Benjamin and Pir Musi.[5][6]

Language distribution in the city:[5]

Kerend-e Gharb linguistic composition
language percent
Gorani
 
 90%
Southern Kurdish
 
 5%
Central Kurdish
 
 5%

Population

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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 7,894 in 2,041 households.[7] The following census in 2011 counted 8,311 people in 2,359 households.[8] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 7,798 people in 2,349 households.[2]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Also known as Karand, Karīnd, Kerend, and Kirin (Kurdish: نكرن ,کرن)[3]

References

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  3. ^ Kerend-e Gharb can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3070217" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
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