Targavar Rural District

Targavar Rural District
Persian: دهستان ترگور
Targavar Rural District
Coordinates: 37°35′N 44°44′E / 37.583°N 44.733°E / 37.583; 44.733[1][2]
CountryIran
ProvinceWest Azerbaijan
CountyUrmia
DistrictSilvaneh
Established1987[3]
CapitalMavana
Population
 (2016)[4]
 • Total
8,381
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Targavar Rural District (Persian: دهستان ترگور)[5] is in Silvaneh District of Urmia County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.[6] Its capital is the village of Mavana.[3]

History

The district was home to a significant Assyrian Christian population before the Assyrian genocide, but is mostly populated by Herki Kurds today.[7][8][9]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population was 7,893 in 1,344 households.[10] There were 7,765 inhabitants in 1,603 households at the following census of 2011.[11] The 2016 census measured the population of the rural district as 8,381 in 1,862 households. The most populous of its 39 villages was Mavana, with 1,314 people.[4]

Other villages in the rural district

See also

Iran portal

References

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  7. ^ Travis, Hannibal (December 2006). "Native Christians Massacred: The Ottoman Genocide of the Assyrians during World War I" (PDF). Florida International University College of Law: 333.
  8. ^ Borhanedin A. Yassin (1995). Vision Or Reality?: The Kurds in the Policy of the Great Powers, 1941-1947. Lund University Press. p. 61. ISBN 9780862383893.
  9. ^ Kahn, Margaret (1980). Children of the jinn: in search of the Kurds and their country. Seaview Books. pp. 48. ISBN 9780872235649.
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  11. ^ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان آذربایجان غربی [General Population and Housing Census 2011: West Azerbaijan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.