Kerend-e_Gharb
Kerend-e Gharb
City in Kermanshah province, Iran
Kerend-e Gharb (Persian: كرندغرب and Kurdish: نكرن ,کرن, Kirin), also known as Kerend, Karand, and Karīnd,[3] is a city in the Central District of Dalahu County, Kermanshah province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[4]
At the 2006 National Census, its population was 7,894 in 2,041 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 8,311 people in 2,359 households.[6] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 7,798 people in 2,349 households.[2]
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.[7][8]