Sonqor County

County in Kermanshah province, Iran

Not to be confused with Külliye.

For the city, see Sonqor. For other places with the same name, see Sonqor.

County in Kermanshah, Iran

Sonqor County

Persian: شهرستان سنقر

County

Location of Sonqor County in Kermanshah province (right, yellow)

Location of Kermanshah province in Iran

Coordinates: 34°52′N 47°30′E﻿ / ﻿34.867°N 47.500°E﻿ / 34.867; 47.500[1]
Country| Iran
Province| Kermanshah
Capital| Sonqor
Districts| Central, Bavaleh, Kolyai
Population

(2016)[2]

• Total

| 81,661
Time zone| UTC+3:30 (IRST)
Website| Website of CHHTO of Kermanshah
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Sonqor County (Persian: شهرستان سنقر) is in Kermanshah province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Sonqor.[3]

## History

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In 2021, Bavaleh and Gavrud Rural Districts were separated from the Central District in the formation of Bavaleh District.[4]

## Demographics

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### Language and ethnicity

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The majority of the people in this county are Kurds and Turkics.[5] Sonqor county is made up of two distinct population elements.[5] The city of Sonqor and the villages of Qalʿa-ye Farhād Khan and Qorva are predominantly populated by Turkics, whose ancestors reportedly arrived during the Mongol domination of Iran.[5][6] The Turkic people of Sonqor originally speak the Sonqori dialect.[6] The dialects of Sonqori spoken in Qalʿa-ye Farhād Khan and Qorva differ barely from this main dialect.[6]

The other areas within Sonqor County are predominantly populated by Kurds most of whom have originally been agriculturalists.[5] The chiefs of the Kurds of Sonqor County belonged to the Kulya'i tribe.[5] These Kurdish feudal lords (khans) were in control of the Kurdish-populated parts of the county until early 20th century Qajar Iran, and were reportedly scions (in the eighth generation) of a certain Safi Khan who lived in the later Safavid period.[5] In 1786, the district was ceded to Ardalan as a gift from Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar.[7] In 1798, Ali Hemmat Khan and his brother Baba Khan of the Nanakali tribe were executed by Iranian ruler Fath-Ali Shah Qajar (r. 1797-1834) as they had supported Soleyman Khan, the pretender to the Iranian throne.[5] The Kulya'i Kurds of the Sonqor District speak a Kurdish dialect that resembles the dialect of Kermanshah, and, according to the second edition of the Encyclopaedia of Islam are thought to be affiliated to the Ahl-e Haqq syncretic religion.[5] At least 177 villages in the county speak the Kulya'i dialect, 112 of these are in the Kolyai District.[8]

### Population

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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the county's population was 95,904 in 23,755 households.[9] The following census in 2011 counted 91,935 people in 26,201 households.[10] The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 81,661 in 25,554 households.[2]

### Administrative divisions

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Sonqor County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.

Sonqor County Population  Administrative Divisions | 2006[9] | 2011[10] | 2016[2]

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|
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Central District | 80,304 | 78,282 | 70,284
Ab Barik RD | 6,419 | 5,605 | 4,328
Bavaleh RD | 9,364 | 9,069 | 7,114
Gavrud RD | 9,512 | 7,719 | 5,770
Parsinah RD | 5,899 | 5,478 | 4,364
Sarab RD | 5,926 | 5,457 | 4,452
Sonqor (city) | 43,184 | 44,954 | 44,256
Bavaleh District[a] |  |  |
Bavaleh RD |  |  |
Gavrud RD |  |  |
Kolyai District | 15,600 | 13,653 | 11,363
Agahan RD | 5,061 | 4,189 | 3,424
Kivananat RD | 4,095 | 4,056 | 3,130
Satar RD | 5,160 | 4,181 | 3,761
Satar (city) | 1,284 | 1,227 | 1,048
Total | 95,904 | 91,935 | 81,661
RD = Rural District

## See also

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Media related to Sonqor County at Wikimedia Commons

## Notes

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1. ^ Established after the 2016 census[4]

## References

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1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (13 December 2024). "Sonqor County" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 13 December 2024.
2. ^ a b c Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Kermanshah Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
3. ^ 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.
4. ^ a b Jahangiri, Ishaq (c. 2023) [Approved 27 April 1400]. Changes in national divisions in Sonqor County, Kermanshah province. qavanin.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers. Archived from the original on 19 July 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023 - via Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
5. ^ a b c d e f g h Minorsky 1997.
6. ^ a b c Knüppel 2010.
7. ^ Fisher, William Bayne; Avery, P.; Hambly, G. R. G.; Gershevitch, Ilya; Melville, C.; Boyle, John Andrew; Frye, Richard Nelson; Yarshater, Ehsan; Jackson, Peter (1968). The Cambridge History of Iran. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-20095-0.
8. ^ Fattah (2000), p. 19.
9. ^ a b Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Kermanshah Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
10. ^ a b Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Kermanshah Province. irandataportal.syr.edu (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022 - via Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University.

## Sources

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* Fattah, Ismaïl Kamandâr (2000), Les dialectes kurdes méridionaux, Acta Iranica 37
* Knüppel, Michael (2010) [2000]. "TURKIC LANGUAGES OF PERSIA: AN OVERVIEW". Encyclopædia Iranica.
* Minorsky, V. (1997). "Sunḳur". In Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E.; Heinrichs, W. P. & Lecomte, G. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume IX: San–Sze. Leiden: E. J. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-10422-8.

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Kermanshah province, Iran

Capital|

* Kermanshah

Counties and cities|

| Dalahu County|

* Kerend-e Gharb
* Gahvareh

|

Eslamabad-e Gharb County|

* Eslamabad-e Gharb
* Homeyl

Gilan-e Gharb County|

* Gilan-e Gharb
* Sarmast

Harsin County|

* Harsin
* Bisotun

Javanrud County|

* Javanrud

Kangavar County|

* Kangavar

Kermanshah County|

* Kermanshah
* Halashi
* Kuzaran
* Robat

Paveh County|

* Paveh
* Banevreh
* Bayangan
* Nowdeshah
* Nowsud

Qasr-e Shirin County|

* Qasr-e Shirin
* Sumar

Ravansar County|

* Ravansar
* Shaho

Sahneh County|

* Sahneh
* Mian Rahan

Salas-e Babajani County|

* Tazehabad
* Ezgeleh

Sarpol-e Zahab County|

* Sarpol-e Zahab

Sonqor County|

* Sonqor
* Satar

Sights|

* Kohneh Bridge
* Behistun Inscription
* Taq-e Bostan
* Temple of Anahita
* The Stone cave Hossein Kuhkan
* Dinavar
* Ganj Dareh
* Essaqwand Rock Tombs
* Sorkh Deh chamber tomb
* Malek Tomb
* Hulwan
* Median dakhmeh(Darbad,Sahneh)
* Ghar Parau
* Do-Ashkaft Cave
* Tekyeh Moaven al-molk
* Dokan Davood Inscription,Sar Pol-e-Zahab
* Tagh e gara,Patagh pass
* Sarab Niloufar
* Ghoori Ghale Cave
* Khaja Barookh's House
* Chiyajani Tappe
* Statue of Herakles in Behistun complex
* Emad al doleh Mosque
* Tekyeh Biglarbeygi
* Hunters cave,Behistun_complex
* Jamé Mosque of Kermanshah
* Godin Tepe
* Bas relief of Gotarzes II of Parthia
* Anubanini rock relief

populated places|

* List of cities, towns and villages in Kermanshah Province

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Sonqor County

Capital|

* Sonqor

Districts|

| Central|

| Cities|

* Sonqor

|

Rural Districts
and villages|

| Ab Barik|

* Ab Barik-e Olya
* Ab Barik-e Vosta
* Afareyanaj
* Aliabad-e Yusefi
* Deh-e Elyas
* Deh-e Hammzeh
* Dehnow
* Jan Ahmad
* Kalbiabad
* Kuchkineh
* Marengaz
* Palangin
* Qaleh-ye Farhad Khan
* Qarah Tappeh
* Sahanleh
* Sarsegaz
* Tappeh Rash
* Yargeleh

|

Bavaleh|

* Ab Barik-e Sofla
* Ali Bolagh
* Aranlah
* Bavaleh
* Charmaleh-ye Olya
* Charmaleh-ye Sofla
* Cheshmeh Qareh
* Chowgan
* Dar Heydar
* Darreh Vazam
* Deh-e Khazal
* Hajjiabad
* Hezar Khani-ye Olya
* Hezar Khani-ye Sofla
* Hoseynabad-e Deh Boneh
* Kalegah-e Zaman
* Karsavan
* Khalajan
* Khan Jamal-e Panahi
* Khan Jamal-e Zamani
* Khatamabad
* Khosrowabad-e Faleh Gori
* Mansur Arab
* Meykhvaran-e Mohammad Aqa
* Meykhvaran-e Mohammad Sadeq
* Meykhvaran-e Pir Ali Khan
* Meykhvaran-e Sadat
* Nurabad
* Sharifabad
* Tazehabad-e Karsavan
* Varmaqan

Gavrud|

* Asiab Jub-e Farmanfarma
* Bashirabad
* Chahargah
* Cham Kabud
* Changareh
* Charkas
* Cheshmeh Cheragh
* Cheshmeh Kareh
* Deh Soleyman
* Deh-e Abbas
* Deh-e Rezvan
* Eslamiyeh
* Firuzabad
* Gerdakaneh-ye Olya
* Gerdakaneh-ye Sofla
* Gorgin Darreh
* Gorji Bayan
* Habashi
* Hasanabad
* Heybatollah
* Hoseynabad-e Amjadi
* Kalak-e Amjadi
* Khvoshyar
* Kol Kol
* Kuzehgaran
* Marzban
* Meydan
* Paizabad
* Qaleh Juq
* Qomam
* Salarabad
* Sar Darreh-ye Qobadi
* Sarab-e Surenabad
* Surenabad

Parsinah|

* Azimabad
* Cham Cham
* Cheshmeh Sangi
* Chomaq Tappeh
* Choqa Bala-ye Olya
* Choqa Bala-ye Sofla
* Deh Asiab
* Farsinaj-e Jadid
* Jafarabad
* Kahtar
* Malekabad
* Qeshlaq
* Sorkh Alijeh
* Taherabad
* Ziveh

Sarab|

* Abbasabad
* Ainalah
* Aqbolagh
* Gallovij
* Gaznahleh
* Gheybollah
* Ghiasabad
* Hoseynabad-e Quri Chay
* Jamishan-e Olya
* Khanjarabad
* Khiaran
* Lilmanaj
* Najafabad
* Nokhvod Tappeh
* Pir Salman
* Qorveh
* Qurichai
* Safaiyeh
* Sar Darreh-ye Beyglar Beygi
* Shamsek
* Tazehabad-e Sarab
* Zanganeh

Kolyai|

| Cities|

* Satar

|

Rural Districts
and villages|

| Agahan|

* Agah-e Olya
* Aineh Jub
* Ali Asan-e Amiri
* Almadin
* Amir Emran
* Asiab Jub
* Burakah
* Chafdar
* Cheshmeh Sefid
* Deh Khodadad
* Gel-e Sorkheh
* Gol Tappeh
* Govijeh
* Haft Ashian
* Hasanabad-e Govijeh
* Heydarabad
* Jan Ali
* Khalifeh Bapir
* Khosrowabad-e Amjadi
* Kolah Pa
* Nosratabad
* Qaleh Jabreil
* Rig Jub
* Sayeh Kor-e Olya
* Sayeh Kor-e Sofla
* Sefid Zangul
* Soltaniyeh Hajjiabad
* Vardaran
* Zaghan-e Olya
* Zaghan-e Sofla

|

Kivananat|

* Agah-e Sofla
* Akbarabad
* Baqeleh-ye Olya
* Baqeleh-ye Sofla
* Baqerabad-e Samaleh
* Changizah
* Cheshmeh Bad
* Cheshmeh Khosrow
* Cheshmeh Zangi
* Kahelabad
* Kahriz-e Hajji Morad Khan
* Kashkamir
* Khaneqah-e Olya
* Khaneqah-e Sofla
* Khaneqah-e Vosta
* Kiveh Nan
* Lenjab
* Pir Mohammad
* Posht-e Darband
* Qeshlaq-e Sardar Eshraf
* Qul Darreh
* Saman Ban
* Sameleh
* Sar Kashkamir
* Sar Khom
* Seh Qulan
* Tappeh-ye Esmail
* Vizheh
* Voraj

Satar|

* Aliabad
* Aseman Dul
* Baba Sheykh Ali
* Burakabad
* Chahar Melan
* Cheshmeh Gilan
* Cheshmeh Qaleh
* Cheshmeh Qot
* Cheshmeh Turan
* Cheshmeh-ye Baha ol Din
* Choqur Chah
* Darband
* Dashti Bolagh
* Deh-e Sheykh
* Dugolbandeh
* Elyasan
* Jub Kabud-e Olya
* Kal Sefid
* Kandeh Sorkh
* Khalifeh
* Marzaleh
* Mulanabad
* Qaleh-ye Hajj Amin
* Shurabad
* Sir Kuh
* Sirduleh
* Talkhestan

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