Sumar, Iran
Sumar
Persian: سومار | |
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City | |
  Sumar | |
| Coordinates: 33°53′09″N 45°38′22″E / 33.88583°N 45.63944°E[1] | |
| Country | Iran |
| Province | Kermanshah |
| County | Qasr-e Shirin |
| District | Sumar |
| Population (2016)[2] | |
| • Total | 180 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
Sumar (Persian: سومار)[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Sumar District of Qasr-e Shirin County, Kermanshah province, Iran.[4]
Demographics
[edit]Ethnicity
[edit]The city is populated by Kurds.[5]
Population
[edit]At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 20 in 15 households.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 9 people in 5 households.[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 180 people in 9 households.[2]
Border market
[edit]Sumar border market was inaugurated as the ninth border market on the Iranian side of the Iran-Iraq border on 5 April 2015. The border market, in which more than 100 billion rials has been invested, was officially inaugurated during a ceremony attended by the governors of Kermanshah and the Iraqi province of Dialeh. It is in the Sumar-Mandali border region. As its first commercial activity, the 40-hectare border market's primary aim was to export 200 tons of cement to Iraq. Currently, Parviz border market near the city of Qasr-e Shirin is the major export channel through which 52% of the Iranian goods are exported to Iraq.[8]
See also
[edit]- Soumar (missile), is named after this city.
- Kalhor
- Naft shahr
- Eyvan
- Eyvan County
- Ghalajeh tunnel
- Gilan-e Gharb County
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (16 July 2023). "Sumar, Qasr-e Shirin County" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ Sumar, Iran can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3086414" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
- ^ Habibi, Hassan (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". Research Center of the System of Laws of the Islamic Council of Farabi Mobile Library (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board. Archived from the original on 6 February 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ "Language distribution: Kermanshah Province". Iran Atlas. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 05. Archived from the original (Excel) on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ "Trade with Iraq Rising". 7 April 2015.
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