Paveh
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Paveh is a city in and the capital of Paveh County
, Kermanshah Province
, Iran
. At the 2006 census, its population was 19,774, in 5,171 families.
Paveh is located in the west of Iran
and is 112 km far from Kermanshah
and lies in a sub-region along the Iran-Iraq border commonly referred to as Hewraman
situated within the larger geographical region of Kurdistan. The city is considered by inhabitants of the region as the capital of the Hewraman. The inhabitants of Paveh are mostly Kurds that speak Auramani (also:Hewrami).
As a mountainous town, Paveh has cold winters and cool springs. The surrounding mountains are normally filled with fresh spring water from March to June. The town is also encircled with large fruit gardens which create a beautiful scenery during summers. Paveh is situated along a mountainside like most cities and villages in the Hewraman
region. Behind the city is Shaho mountain and ahead of the city is a view of Atashgah, another mountain that was once the site of pilgrimages for ancient religions in the region. Among the most significant places to visit is the Quri Qaleh cave which is considered as the longest watery cave in the Middle East. The cave is located around 25 Kilometers from Paveh's town center.
An old myth regarding the name of the city is that the Emperor Yazdgerd III
sent his son named Pav to this area to renew his religious Zoroastrian faith. Both Persians and the local Kurdish
inhabitants practiced Zoroastrianism during the Persian Empire's Sasanian era from which this myth is derived.
Paveh County
Paveh County is a county in Kermanshah Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Paveh. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 51,755, in 13,309 families. The county is subdivided into three districts: the Central District, Bayangan District, and Nowsud 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 19,774, in 5,171 families.
Paveh is located in the west of 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...
and is 112 km far from Kermanshah
Kermanshah
Kermanshah is a city in and the capital of Kermanshah Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 784,602, in 198,117 families.The overwhelming majority of Kermanshahi people are Shi'a Muslims...
and lies in a sub-region along the Iran-Iraq border commonly referred to as Hewraman
Hewraman
Hawrāmān or Ōrāmān is a mountainous region located in western Iran or Iranian Kurdistan, which includes the cities of Pawe and Meriwan, and north-eastern Iraq or Iraqi Kurdistan, which includes the city Halabja. The inhabitants of Hewraman are Kurdish people that speak Hewrami, part of the...
situated within the larger geographical region of Kurdistan. The city is considered by inhabitants of the region as the capital of the Hewraman. The inhabitants of Paveh are mostly Kurds that speak Auramani (also:Hewrami).
As a mountainous town, Paveh has cold winters and cool springs. The surrounding mountains are normally filled with fresh spring water from March to June. The town is also encircled with large fruit gardens which create a beautiful scenery during summers. Paveh is situated along a mountainside like most cities and villages in the Hewraman
Hewraman
Hawrāmān or Ōrāmān is a mountainous region located in western Iran or Iranian Kurdistan, which includes the cities of Pawe and Meriwan, and north-eastern Iraq or Iraqi Kurdistan, which includes the city Halabja. The inhabitants of Hewraman are Kurdish people that speak Hewrami, part of the...
region. Behind the city is Shaho mountain and ahead of the city is a view of Atashgah, another mountain that was once the site of pilgrimages for ancient religions in the region. Among the most significant places to visit is the Quri Qaleh cave which is considered as the longest watery cave in the Middle East. The cave is located around 25 Kilometers from Paveh's town center.
An old myth regarding the name of the city is that the Emperor Yazdgerd III
Yazdgerd III
Yazdegerd III or Yazdgerd III was the twenty-ninth and last king of the Sassanid dynasty of Iran and a grandson of Khosrau II . His father was Shahryar, whose mother was Miriam, the daughter of the Byzantine Emperor Maurice...
sent his son named Pav to this area to renew his religious Zoroastrian faith. Both Persians and the local Kurdish
Kurdish people
The Kurdish people, or Kurds , are an Iranian people native to the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region known as Kurdistan, which includes adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey...
inhabitants practiced Zoroastrianism during the Persian Empire's Sasanian era from which this myth is derived.
External links
- Omid Sālehi, Customs of the Land of Stone and Wind (Ā'in-e Sar'zamin-e Sang va Bād), in Persian, Jadid Online, 5 May 2009, http://www.jadidonline.com/story/05052009/frnk/oraman.
Audio slideshow: http://www.jadidonline.com/images/stories/flash_multimedia/Oraman_test/oraman_high.html (5 min 39 sec).
Note: The place shown in the above audio slideshow is Orāmān, to the North of Pāveh and near the Iran-Iraq border. As of today (May 2009), this place has a population of approximately 3500.