Sarpol-e Zahab County

Sarpol-e Zahab County (Persian: شهرستان سرپل ذهاب, Šaharestâne Sarpole Zahâb; Sarpell-i zahaw (Kurdish: سه‌رپێڵی زه‌هاو, Serpêllî Zehaw) is in Kermanshah province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Sarpol-e Zahab, whose people are adherents of Shia, Sunni and Yarsan.[1] At the 2006 census, the county's population was 81,428 in 18,233 households.[2] The following census in 2011 counted 85,616 people in 21,677 households.[3] At the 2016 census, the county's population was 85,342 in 23,696 households, by which time Jeygaran Rural District and Sarqaleh Rural District had been separated from Salas-e Babajani County to join Sarpol-e Zahab County.[4]

Sarpol-e Zahab County
شهرستان سرپل ذهاب
County
Location of Sarpol-e Zahab County in Kermanshah province (left, pink)
Location of Sarpol-e Zahab County in Kermanshah province (left, pink)
Location of Kermanshah province in Iran
Location of Kermanshah province in Iran
Coordinates: 34°28′N 45°56′E
Country Iran
ProvinceKermanshah
CapitalSarpol-e Zahab
DistrictsCentral, Qaleh Shahin
Population
 (2016)
 • Total85,342
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+4:30 (IRDT)
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Administrative divisions

The population history and structural changes of Sarpol-e Zahab County's administrative divisions over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table. The latest census shows two districts, eight rural districts, and one city.[4]

Sarpol-e Zahab County Population
Administrative Divisions2006[2]2011[3]2016[4]
Central District81,42885,19373,942
Beshiva Pataq Rural District6,5186,4075,480
Dasht-e Zahab Rural District6,9256,8546,465
Howmeh-ye Sarpol Rural District13,76816,6438,360
Jeygaran Rural District12,032
Posht Tang Rural District6,4766,4745,582
Qaleh Shahin Rural District13,10913,006
Sarqaleh Rural District1542
Sarpol-e Zahab (city)34,63235,80945,481
Qaleh Shahin District11,265
Qaleh Shahin Rural District5,291
Sarab-e Qaleh Shahin Rural District5,974
Total81,42885,61685,342
1Was a part of Salas-e Babajani County at the 2006 and 2011 censuses

Archaeological findings

Archaeologists published in the journal Antiquity in August 2019 about the discovery of a defensive wall named “Gawri wall” or “Gawri Chen Wall” which was found near the present-day Iranian-Iraqi border and stretched about 115 kilometers. It is estimated that, the wall was built during the rule of the Parthians or Sasanians.[5][6]

According to Sajjad Alibeigi, “With an estimated volume of approximately one million cubic meters of stone, it would have required significant resources in terms of workforce, materials and time, remnants of structures, now destroyed, are visible in places along the wall. These may have been associated turrets [small towers] or buildings”.[7][8]

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See also

References
  1. Knowing Sarpol-e-Zahab Retrieved 2 December 2017
  2. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 05. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  3. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)" (Excel). Iran Data Portal (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 05. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 05. Archived from the original (Excel) on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  5. Jarus, Owen (5 November 2019). "Ancient 70-Mile-Long Wall Found in Western Iran. But Who Built It?". livescience.com. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  6. Alibaigi, Sajjad (2019). "The Gawri Wall: a possible ParthoSasanian structure in the western foothills of the Zagros Mountains" (PDF). Antiquity. 93 (370). doi:10.15184/aqy.2019.97. S2CID 202360311.
  7. "Ancient 70-Mile-Long Wall Found in Western Iran. But Who Built It? | ARCHAEOLOGY WORLD". 8 November 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  8. "Ancient 70-mile-long wall found in western Iran". Tehran Times. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
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