Marivan

Marivan

Marivan

City in Kurdistan province, Iran

For the administrative division of Kurdistan province, see Marivan County. For the village in Kermanshah province, see Marivan.

Marivan (Persian: مريوان and Kurdish: مەریوان (listen)ⓘ), also known as Mariwan and Qale Marīvān—"Fort Marivan"; formerly, Dezhe Shahpur (Persian: دِژ شاپور); also Romanized as Dezhe Shāhpūr and Dezhe Shapoor,[3] is a city in the Central District of Marivan County, Kurdistan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[4] The people of Marivan speak Kurdish.[5]

Quick Facts Persian: مريوانKurdish: مەریوان, Country ...

At the 2006 National Census, its population was 91,664 in 22,440 households.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 110,464 people in 29,743 households.[7] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 136,654 people in 39,368 households.[2]

Language

The linguistic composition of the city:[8]

Marivan linguistic composition
Language percent
Central Kurdish
 
 75%
Hawrami
 
 24%
New Persian
 
 1%

Climate

More information Climate data for Marivan, Month ...

References

  1. [1]
    OpenStreetMap contributors (19 August 2023). "Marivan, Marivan County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 12. Archived from the original (Excel) on 8 May 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. [3]
    Marivan can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3074138" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  4. [4]
    Habibi, Hassan (21 June 1369). "Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Kurdistan province, centered in the city of Sanandaj". Islamic Parliament Research Center of the Islamic Republic of Iran (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board. Archived from the original on 23 October 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  5. [5]
    Barani Zaghe, Nariman; Mehri, Azar; Jalaie, Shohreh; Moradi, Ronak (10 March 2019). "Cognate Status on Kurdish–Persian Bilingual Individuals' Ability to Retrieve Cognate and Non–Cognate Verbs". Middle Eastern Journal of Disability Studies. 9: 24.
  6. [6]
    "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 12. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  7. [7]
    "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 12. Archived from the original (Excel) on 19 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  8. [8]
    "Language distribution: Kordestan Province". Iran Atlas. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  9. [9]
    "Climate: Marivan". Retrieved 14 April 2020.
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