Negel,_Kurdistan
Negel, Kurdistan
Village in Kurdistan province, Iran
Negel (Persian: نگل), also known as Nigal, Nīgel, and Nowgel,[3] is a village in, and the capital of, Negel Rural District of Kalatrazan District, Sanandaj County, Kurdistan province, Iran. It was formerly the capital of Kalatrazan Rural District before its capital was transferred to Shuyesheh.[4] The village is populated by Kurds.[5] An old manuscript copy of the Quran is kept in a safe in the village's mosque. The copy is a parchment with the verses of the Quran written in Kufic script.
At the 2006 National Census, its population was 1,697 in 414 households.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 2,081 people in 529 households.[7] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 1,719 people in 513 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.[2]