Kangavar

Kangavar
Persian: كنگاور‎
City
The columns of the remains of the "Anahita Temple"
The columns of the remains of the "Anahita Temple"
Kangavar is located in Iran
Kangavar
Kangavar
Coordinates: 34°30′15″N 47°57′35″E / 34.50417°N 47.95972°E / 34.50417; 47.95972[1]
CountryIran
ProvinceKermanshah
CountyKangavar
DistrictCentral
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total
51,352
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Kangavar (Persian: كنگاور)[a] is a city in the Central District of Kangavar County, Kermanshah province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[4]

Kangavar is in the easternmost part of Kermanshah province, on the modern road from Hamadan to Kermanshah, identical with a trace of the Silk Road, located at the distance of about 75 km from Hamadan and 96 km from Kermanshah.[5]

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (11 December 2024). "Kangavar, Kangavar County" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2016 Kermanshah Province was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Kangavar can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3069549" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  4. ^ Habibi, Hassan (19 November 2013) [Approved 21 June 1369]. Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Bakhtran province, centered in the city of Bakhtran. rc.majlis.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board. Proposal 3233.1.5.53; Letter 93808/907; Notification 82832/T122K. Archived from the original on 6 February 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2024 – via Research Center of the System of Laws of the Islamic Council of Farabi Mobile Library.
  5. ^ Wolfram Kleiss, "Kangavar", Encyclopaedia Iranica; accessed 31 October 2021.


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