Margavar Rural District

Margavar Rural District (Persian: دهستان مرگور)[3] is in Silvaneh District of Urmia County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.

Margavar Rural District
Persian: دهستان مرگور
Rural District
Margavar Rural District is located in Iran
Margavar Rural District
Margavar Rural District
Coordinates: 37°14′31″N 44°53′24″E[1]
CountryIran
ProvinceWest Azerbaijan
CountyUrmia
DistrictSilvaneh
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total40,174
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

At the National Census of 2006, its population was 34,862 in 6,012 households.[4] There were 37,170 inhabitants in 8,364 households at the following census of 2011.[5] At the most recent census of 2016, the population of the rural district was 40,174 in 9,602 households. The largest of its 54 villages was Dizaj, with 4,907 people.[2]

According to Harry P. Packard of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church, the districts of Targawar, Mergawar, and Dasht were destroyed by Turks and Kurds during the Assyrian genocide in events that gave rise to the Assyrian independence movement.[6] Few Assyrians remain in Margavar and the district is mostly populated by Kurds.[7]

See also

References
  1. OpenStreetMap contributors (10 March 2023). "Margavar Rural District (Urmia County)" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  2. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 04. Archived from the original (Excel) on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. Iranian National Committee for Standardization of Geographical Names website (in Persian)
  4. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 04. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  5. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)" (Excel). Iran Data Portal (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 04. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  6. Hannibal, Travis (8 December 2006). "'Native Christians Massacred': The Ottoman Genocide of the Assyrians During World War I". SSRN 950428. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. "دهستان مرگور - ارومیه" (in Persian). Madreseh News. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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