Targavar Rural District

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

Targavar Rural District
Persian: دهستان ترگور
Rural District
Targavar Rural District is located in Iran
Targavar Rural District
Targavar Rural District
Coordinates: 37°34′40″N 44°43′31″E[1]
CountryIran
ProvinceWest Azerbaijan
CountyUrmia
DistrictSilvaneh
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total8,381
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

At the National Census of 2006, its population was 7,893 in 1,344 households.[4] There were 7,765 inhabitants in 1,603 households at the following census of 2011.[5] At the most recent census of 2016, the population of the rural district was 8,381 in 1,862 households. The largest of its 39 villages was Mavana, with 1,314 people.[2]

The district was home to a significant Assyrian population before the Assyrian genocide, but is mostly populated by Herki Kurds today.[6][7][8]

See also

References
  1. OpenStreetMap contributors (10 March 2023). "Targavar 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. Travis, Hannibal (December 2006). "Native Christians Massacred: The Ottoman Genocide of the Assyrians during World War I" (PDF). Florida International University College of Law: 333.
  7. Borhanedin A. Yassin (1995). Vision Or Reality?: The Kurds in the Policy of the Great Powers, 1941-1947. Lund University Press. p. 61. ISBN 9780862383893.
  8. Kahn, Margaret (1980). Children of the jinn: in search of the Kurds and their country. Seaview Books. pp. 48. ISBN 9780872235649.
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