Dinavar District
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Dinavar District is a district (bakhsh
) in Sahneh County
, Kermanshah Province
, Iran
. At the 2006 census, its population was 19,973, in 5,042 families. The District has one city: Mian Rahan
. The District's name reflects the ancient city of Dinavar, the ruins of which are in the District.
Bakhsh
A bakhsh is a type of administrative division of Iran. While sometimes translated as county, it is more accurately translated as district, as they are similar to a township in the United States or a district of England....
) in Sahneh County
Sahneh County
Sahneh County is a county in Kermanshah Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Sahneh. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 75,827, in 19,106 families. The county is subdivided into two districts: the Central District and Dinavar District...
, Kermanshah Province
Kermanshah Province
Kermanshah Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. The province was known from 1969 to 1986 as Kermanshahan and from 1986 to 1995 as Bakhtaran.-Counties:...
, Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
. At the 2006 census, its population was 19,973, in 5,042 families. The District has one city: Mian Rahan
Mian Rahan
Mian Rahan is a city in and the capital of Dinavar District, in Sahneh County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 489, in 131 families....
. The District's name reflects the ancient city of Dinavar, the ruins of which are in the District.