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Iranian Kurdistan or Eastern Kurdistan (Kurdish: ڕۆژھەڵاتی کوردستان, romanized: Rojhilatê Kurdistanê) [1] [2] is an unofficial name for the parts of northwestern Iran with either a majority or sizable population of Kurds.
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Kurdistan province (Persian: استان کردستان) [a] is one of 31 provinces of Iran. The province is 28,817 km 2 (11,126 sq mi) in area and its capital is the city of Sanandaj. [7] Kurdistan province is located in the west of Iran, in Region 3.
The two major religions among Kurds in Iran are Islam and Yarsanism, while fewer Kurds adhere to Baháʼí Faith and Judaism. [14] There is disagreement on which is the largest denomination among Kurds; experts such as Richard N. Frye and Martin van Bruinessen argue that Sunni Islam (the Shafi'i branch [3]) is the majority religion, [15] [16] while researcher Anu Leinonen believes it is the ...
Kurdistan (Kurdish: کوردستان, romanized: Kurdistan, lit. ' land of the Kurds '; [ˌkʊɾdɪˈstɑːn] ⓘ), [5] or Greater Kurdistan, [6] [7] is a roughly defined geo-cultural region in West Asia wherein the Kurds form a prominent majority population [8] and the Kurdish culture, languages, and national identity have historically been based. [9]
A list of cities, towns and villages in Kurdistan Province of western Iran: [1] Alphabetical. Cities are in bold text; all others are villages. A. Ab ...
Avroman or Hawraman, [1] (Kurdish: ههورامان, romanized: Hewraman, [2] [3] Persian: اورامان, romanized: Owrāmān [4]) is a mountainous region located within the provinces of Kurdistan and Kermanshah in western Iran and in north-eastern Kurdistan Region in Iraq. The main part of the Hawraman region is located in Iran and ...
Uraman Takht (Persian: اورامان تخت) [a] is a city in, and the capital of, Uraman District of Sarvabad County, Kurdistan province, Iran. [4] It also serves as the administrative center for Uraman Takht Rural District. [5]