Targavar Rural District Explained

Targavar Rural District
Native Name:fa|دهستان ترگور
Native Name Lang:fa
Settlement Type:Rural District
Pushpin Map:Iran
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Iran
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:West Azerbaijan
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Urmia
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Silvaneh
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Mavana
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:8381
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30

Targavar Rural District (fa|دهستان ترگور) is in Silvaneh District of Urmia County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.[2] Its capital is the village of Mavana.[3]

History

The district was home to a significant Assyrian population before the Assyrian genocide, but is mostly populated by Herki Kurds today.[4] [5] [6]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the rural district's population was 7,893 in 1,344 households.[7] There were 7,765 inhabitants in 1,603 households at the following census of 2011.[8] 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.[9]

See also

Notes and References

  1. ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Targavar Rural District (Urmia County). . 28 September 2024. 28 September 2024. fa.
  2. Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of West Azerbaijan province, centered in the city of Urmia. fa. lamtakam.com. Lam ta Kam. https://web.archive.org/web/20231220192713/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113037. Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Council. Habibi. Hassan. Approved 21 June 1369. c. 2023. Notification 82808/T137. 20 December 2023. 20 December 2023.
  3. Creation and formation of 20 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Urmia County under West Azerbaijan province. fa. rc.majlis.ir. Islamic Parliament Research Center. https://web.archive.org/web/20120423175105/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110051. Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers. Mousavi. Mirhossein. 23 April 2012. Approved 2 February 1366. 14 December 2023. c. 2012. Proposal 1.5.53.11395; Notification 114206/T769.
  4. Travis. Hannibal. December 2006. ‘‘Native Christians Massacred’’: The Ottoman Genocide of the Assyrians during World War I. Florida International University College of Law. 333.
  5. Book: Borhanedin A. Yassin. Vision Or Reality?: The Kurds in the Policy of the Great Powers, 1941-1947. 1995. Lund University Press. 9780862383893. 61.
  6. Book: Kahn, Margaret. Children of the jinn: in search of the Kurds and their country. registration. Seaview Books. 1980. 9780872235649. 48.
  7. Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): West Azerbaijan Province. fa. The Statistical Center of Iran. amar.org.ir. 25 September 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20110920094953/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/04.xls. Excel. 20 September 2011.
  8. Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): West Azerbaijan Province. fa. The Statistical Center of Iran. irandataportal.syr.edu. Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University. https://web.archive.org/web/20230120205939/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/West-Azerbaijan.xls. 20 January 2023. 19 December 2022. Excel.
  9. Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): West Azerbaijan Province. fa. The Statistical Center of Iran. amar.org.ir. 19 December 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220830042935/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_04.xlsx. Excel. 30 August 2022.

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