Qasr-e-Shirin County
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Qasr-e-Shirin County is a county
in Kermanshah Province
in Iran
. The capital of the county is Qasr-e Shirin. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 19,821, in 4,999 families. The county is subdivided into two districts: the Central District
and Sumar District
. The county has two cities: Qasr-e Shirin and Sumar
.
Counties of Iran
The provinces of Iran further subdivided into counties called shahrestan , an area inside an ostan, and consists of a city centre, few bakhsh and many villages around them. There are usually a few cities and rural agglomerations in each county. Rural agglomerations are a collection of a number...
in 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:...
in 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...
. The capital of the county is Qasr-e Shirin. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 19,821, in 4,999 families. The county is subdivided into two districts: the Central District
Central District (Qasr-e Shirin County)
The Central District of Qasr-e Shirin County is a district in Qasr-e Shirin County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 19,574, in 4,920 families. The District has one city: Qasr-e Shirin....
and Sumar District
Sumar District
Sumar District is a district in Qasr-e Shirin County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 247, in 79 families. The District has one city: Sumar. The district was devastated during the Iran-Iraq War....
. The county has two cities: Qasr-e Shirin and Sumar
Sumar, Iran
Sumar is a city in and the capital of Sumar District, in Qasr-e Shirin County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 20, in 15 families, making it Iran's least populous settlement with city status. Virtually the entire population of Sumar was killed by an Iraqi...
.